I Ran

Don’t ask me for no reasons

Coz you won’t understand

Coz you ain’t been where I’ve been

So you don’t know what forced my hand

Ran away from what

And ran away to where

That’s not important

I’m just havin fun

With nobody to care

I ran and ran

On the dark dark street

Shadows below the pool of light

I sat there and lit up

All smoke and sweet

And some dude came by

Whistling the grand old tune

I gave him a fiver

And he took a small puff

And rode on the sand dune

And my friends came over

Some smoked and drank

All of us as equals

With no file or rank

And we went to the terrace

Don’t know who’s house

Inside they all were sleeping

And we didn’t want to arouse

And the night went by

It was all right and wild

At some point I passed out

Guess the dosage wasn’t mild

And I remember nothing at all

Except some laughin and cryin

The fog and the mist

So intense

I don’t remember though I’m tryin

Well they found us in the mornin

And two of us were dead

They took us to the police

The jail has a nasty bed

Thirteen years, then out of jail

And then I ran and ran

Been runnin ever since

To live the life I can

Haven’t found what I came for

And don’t think I’ll ever find

But I’m free

And I’m me

Although I’m losin my mind

Now I’m all thin and reedy

And my liver’s most given out

And my stomach all bloated

Like a rude flea ridden lout

But I’m blamin no one

It was my damn ol choice

I can give many reasons

With my raspy ol voice

No ones gonna give a fig

For one more lonely drifter

They’ll just grin

as they see me sing

And take my flask out for a snifter

Six months says the doc

Lucky to live even that long

But I ran Coz that was my choice

Wanna end on my self made song

I’m not made for a dreary old place

The IV drip and the needle

I’m more at home

on the poor old street

The doc - he continues to wheedle

And the stretchers all laid out

The hospitals got a nice fan

But there I go

Out of the window

Only one footnote - I ran