Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

In '65 I was seventeen and running up 101

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive

In '69 I was twenty-one and I called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone but me

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels

Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes, I see they're running too

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

Honey, you really tempt me, you know the way you look so kind

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

Running on

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find (Running blind)

Running into the sun but I'm running behind