Running Man

Before the phone hits the receiver
 You're halfway to the door
 The voice said, "get out while you can
 There's just ten minutes, nothing more"
 Time only for the essentials
 Better gather them and run
 The false name inside the passport
 The gold bars and the gun
 And once again, they've come out of the past
 And though your mind is cool, your heart is beating fast
 You've been through it all before
 Each time you wish a little more that you could ask
 What do you want from me?
 What do you need from me?
 There's no rest for the running man
 Why can't you let him be?
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 It's a long and twisting journey
 From the sweeping northern plains
 To the outcrops of the jungle
 Bowed beneath the tropic rains
 In the customs hall, the officer
 Takes you to one side
 And his eyes reveal no feeling
 As you hand over the bribe
 And once again, you've bought a little time
 And once again, you're fading out of sight
 Still the fox is growing older
 As he calls over his shoulder to the night
 What do you want from me?
 What do you need from me?
 There's no rest for the running man
 Why can't you let him be?
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 Here, come over here
 Beneath a sympathetic moon
 We'll sit and talk over old times without a fear
 Another beer, from the cafes of the night
 The tumbling rhythms of guitars ring loud and clear
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 One by one, they've nailed the others
 But you always got away
 What it is that keeps you just that step ahead
 No one can say
 In one last raid, the agents
 Of the dawn break down the door
 Of a house where you were standing
 Maybe just an hour before
 And still the thread continues to unwind
 You take the hidden roads that only you can find
 And should they come upon your tracks
 There's just a question hanging back you left behind
 What do you want from me?
 What do you need from me?
 No rest for the running man
 Why can't you let him be?
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 What do you want from me?
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 What do you need from me?