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Intro: G G C C D D G G G G C C You come home late and you come home early, D D G G You come on big when you're feeling small. G G C C You come home straight and you come home curly. D D G G Sometimes you don't come home at all. G G C C So what in the world's come over you D D G G And what in heaven's name have you done? G G C C You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness. D D G G You're out there running just to be on the run. G G C C Well I got a heart that burns with a fever D D G G And I got a worried and a jealous mind. G G C C How can a love that'll last forever D D G G Get left so far behind? G G C C So what in the world's come over you D D G G And what in heaven's name have you done? G G C C You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness. D D G G You're out there running just to be on the run. **Instrumental, same chords as one verse** G G C C It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow. D D G G It's crossed the evil line today. G G C C How can you ask about tomorrow D D G G When we ain't got one word to say? Chorus twice G G C C You're out there running just to be on the run. D D G C D G You're out there running just to be on the run
G G C C So what in the world's come over you D D G G And what in heaven's name have you done? G G C C You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness. D D G G You're out there running just to be on the run.
Written by John Prine
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