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Running Slowly

from Album Of Songs No​.​1 by Jon Horne

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

Verse 2
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
Running slowly, that's what I do
Around the country, and the city too
When you greet me, I say adieu
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

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

Running slowly...

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from Album Of Songs No​.​1, released August 1, 2007
© Jon Horne 2007

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Chronicling the folibles of the age via the medium of contemporary folk song since 2005.

All the music here is homemade and is provided free.

Even rougher recordings can be found at hornesdemoshop.bandcamp.com
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