Running Man's Bible

Tom Petty

You're with me tonight on this dark highway 
We've run it together so many times 
We've run it for money 
We've run it for music 
We've run it to pay for our innocent crimes 

I took on my father and I'm still walkin' 
Took on all comers in some shape or form 
And I see with the eyes of somethin' wounded 
Somethin' still standing after the storm 

Here's one to glory and survival 
And stayin' alive 
It's the running man's bible 

I been next in line 
I been next to nothin' 
Been next to bystanders 
Who shoulda said somethin' 

It was not in my vision 
It was not in my mind 
To return from a mission 
A man left behind 

Here's one to glory 
And survival 
And stayin' alive 
It's the runnin' man's bible 

I don't speak of the times I've nearly died 
I don't speak of out lastin' those who are gone 
Or the things I've done 
I care not to remember 
Or the desperate measures 
That might have been wrong 

Honey, here's one to glory 
Here's to bad weather 
And all the hard things 
We've been through together 
Here's to the golden rule and survival 
And to stayin' alive 

It's the runnin' man's bible 
Here's one to glory and survival 
And stayin' alive 
It's the runnin' man's bible