RUNNING SLOWLY
© Jon Horne 2007

Verse 1
Dm
I left this town an orphan
Gm7
Starving and forgotten
Dm
Scared of my own shadow
A7+4         A7
No more than ten years old
Dm
Strangers took me by the hand
Gm7
I hitched aboard a caravan
Dm
The shadows started chasing
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And I started running slow

Verse 2 (same chords again)
We went where we were needed
Though we were never wanted
They worked us till we dropped
And then chased us on our way
But all the time we laughed
At their scheming and your graft
This road will never stop
Another place, another day

Chorus
Bb                       F
Running slowly, that's what I do
Bb                       Em7
Around the country, and the city too
F                        A7+4, A7
When you greet me, I say adieu
Dm
I'm running slowly

Verse 3
Ten years on this waggon
And once again an orphan
Those who took me in
They're all dead and gone
The one I called my father
He traded skins and leather
Under his beating wing
I learned to be alone

Verse 4
Canals and roads and railways
I will ride them always
As long as I have breath
And four wheels that turn around
You hear me approaching
See the shadow chasing
As I drive my one-horse caravan
Into your one-horse town

Chorus
Running slowly...

Verse 5
And now I am returning
Now I've stopped running
Happy ever after
Thus endeth my tale
You can make your peace
With your rabbi and your priest
My dogs are on your trail
And I'm a law unto myself

Chorus
Running slowly...

24.4.07