Run Along Lyrics

Daddy, could you pay for half the ride

You can't get a ticket out of town for what you used to

He spent his winter scraping dimes

Now he had a world set out to conquer

Dad, I've got big plans for me

I've got a suit, I've got a suitcase, I'm grown up now, can't you see

He needed help along the way

Like a kite's string giving guidance

As it soars above the waves

But he said

Run along, now, little boy

You don't know what you are

Getting yourself into

And if I were you I'd just step back aside

Times are changing awful fast

You'll break your neck if you don't

Know where you are gong

And if I were you I'd just run off and hide

He bought the ticket on his own

A seven hour bus ride and he found himself at home

His family waited there for him

They would ground him, they would lift him

All they had to do was meet him

As they raised him up he stood

And there he realized that water ran

Much thicker than his blood

His blood said

Run along, now, little boy

You don't know what you are

Getting yourself into

And if I were you I'd just step back aside

Times are changing awful fast

You'll break your neck if you don't

Know where you are gong

And if I were you I'd just run off and hide

He's settled down, he's gotten old

And though he never has stopped growing

That is not the tale he's told

His daughter looks him in the eye

Before she says a word

He has already heard goodbye

Daddy, could you pay for half the ride

The string has worn away and now

The kite has got to fly

She wants to be just like her dad

And though she will with time

He thinks he just can't let that happen

So he says

Run along, now, little girl

You don't know what you are

Getting yourself into

And if I were you I'd just step back aside

Times are changing awful fast

You'll break your neck if you don't

Know where you are gong

And if I were you I'd just run off and hide

Run along, now, little boy

You don't know what you are

Getting yourself into

And if I were you I'd just step back aside

Times are changing awful fast

You'll break your neck if you don't

Know where you are gong

And if I were you I'd just run off and hide

Run along, now, little boy

You don't know what you are

Getting yourself into

And if I were you I'd just step back aside

Times are changing awful fast

You'll break your neck if you don't

Know where you are gong

And if I were you I'd just run off and hide