[Verse 1]
I love the smell of fresh-cut hay
On both sides of the road
Out here on the highway
Just countin' power line poles
And how the stars shine a little brighter
When I’m outside of town
I been running
Oh, I been runnin', I ain't slowing down

[Chorus]
Runnin’ all my life
If I ain't driving, I'm shotgunnin'
Watching all these good times
Keep on coming down the line
Ain't gonna let them pass me by
Oh, I guess that I'll be runnin' all my life

[Verse 2]
Fast as I could, I left the old hometown in a cloud of dust
I figured if I stuck around too long
I might turn to rust
With a bed roll, Buck knife, and two T-shirts
In a gunny sack
I took off runnin'
Oh, I took off runnin’
I ain’t looking back
[Chorus]
Runnin' all my life
If I ain’t driving, I'm shotgunnin'
Just watching all these good times
Keep on coming down the line
Ain't gonna let them pass me by
Oh, I guess that I’ll be runnin' all my life
Guess that I'll be runnin' all my life

[Verse 3]
There's a girl just south of Houston
Her true heart beats for me
It takes a lot of patience, Lord
To love a man this free
Someday, I'm gonna make it home
And lay in our warm bed
Baby, I'm runnin'
You know I'm runnin', if I ain't there yet

[Chorus]
Runnin' all my life
If I ain't driving, I'm shotgunnin'
Just watching all these good times
Keep on coming down the line
Ain't gonna let them pass me by
I keep runnin' all my life
If I ain't driving, I'm shotgunnin'
Just watching all these good times
Keep on coming down the line
Ain't gonna let them pass me by
Oh, I guess that I'll be runnin' all my life
Guess that I'll be runnin' all my life
Guess that I'll be runnin' all my life
[Outro]
Woo!
(C'mon, little boy!)
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'