I play in the playground
Play in the underground
Trying to learn this new town
Yeah ain't got no friends around
That's hard when you ain't got no friends
Loneliness don't ever end
Yeah it do
Now it do
I got some money to spend
So make some cops say
Here's ten dollars
Get me a pint
Keep the change
I need a bottle for ten dollars man
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I am a kid
I'm just a model
But don't waste my time old timer
Get the beer
Get the bottle
I need a taste to get me over to this place
Yeah, Well you gonna run for me
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Gonna run for me, yeah
I walk here
Ride my bike down
Take the subway car everywhere
I'll take the bus if I must
Take a bust name a ride
Yeah its not a bust it's a buss
Been here 2 weeks
Cops know my face
Wrong time right place
Got Another one that know my name
Runnin days are done
Runnin days are name
Once they know your name you know
You can't play no more
I be a law
abiding citizen
I don't want to
To prison and
Wastin my time and eat for free
Yeah it ain't for me
Yeah you going to run for me,
yeah you going to run for me,
Gonna run for me, yeah,
-- harmonica solo --
Excuse me sir,
could I have a word?
Ask for favor,
for the flavor,
standing outside of a liquor store
the taste that I savor
The taste so great that I cant get
I buy for you,
Cause its for me
It cost ten dollars but here's 13,
Could I get some sympathy,
it wasn't my fault I was
born in 1970... 2!
Let me loose
With some juice
For feelin smooth
Man I can play
Oh man I can play
I can really play man
Yeah you going to run for me,
yeah you going to run for me,
Gonna run for me, yeah,
I'm just standing out here on the corner man,
I need a bottle
Could you help me out?
Could you help me out?
Could you help me out
You know what he said
Runnin days are done
Runnin days are done
Runnin days are done