runaway man

when i was younger, and all i had to do, was hold your hand and drink you in and make some time for you, i went stumbling through the darkness of a thousand half-lit bars, i don't know what i was running from but i must have run too far, now i'm reaching back for something, but i'm coming up with nothing, and it's a long long way from where i was to where i am, god have mercy on a runaway man, god have mercy on a runaway man, the key under your doormath, the porch light you left lit, the years dragged on and burned away just like a cigarette, and the price of all those nights was never worth the morning's cost, no, no amount of wishing's gonna bring back what i lost, and now i'm reaching back for something, but i'm coming up with nothing, and it's a long long way from where i was to where i am, god have mercy on a runaway man, god have mercy on a runaway man, and it's a long long way from where i was to where i am, god have mercy on a runaway man, god have mercy on a runaway man, god have mercy on a runaway man, god have mercy on a runaway man