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Music theme for the day is running (Original Post) ornotna Jul 2015 OP
Martha... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #1
"Band on the Run" -- Wings femmocrat Jul 2015 #2
Inti Illimani with a song by Victor Jara: El Aparacido "Correlé, correlé, correlá" Tatiana La Belle Jul 2015 #3
Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush IcyPeas Jul 2015 #4
Running to stand still by U2 Lilyhoney Jul 2015 #5
One of my faves: Gil Scott Heron - Running Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2015 #6

Joe Shlabotnik

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6. One of my faves: Gil Scott Heron - Running
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 11:20 PM
Jul 2015


Because I always feel like running
Not away, because there is no such place
Because, if there was I would have found it by now
Because it's easier to run,
Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one...who didn't run
Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described
As in "the long run"
Or as in having given someone a "run for his money"
Or as in "running out of time"
Because running makes me look like everyone else, though I hope there will ever be cause for that
Because I will be running in the other direction, not running for cover
Because if I knew where cover was, I would stay there and never have to run for it
Not running for my life, because I have to be running for something of more value to be running and not in fear
Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from,
Not without showing the fear as I see it now
Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer
Because of you and because of that nice
That you quietly, quickly be causing
And because you're going to see me run soon and because you're going to know why I'm running then
You'll know then
Because I'm not going to tell you now
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