Verse
C F Em Am
You're a crystal blip on a TV screen, there for a second, then you fail to the screams,
Dm Am C G Dm
And a million righteous scrambled pixels and then there has gotta be some that slip away,
C F Em Am
You're a scrambled shot on a radio, a plastic blip from a plastic stereo,
Dm Am C G Dm
And a million righteous beggars screamed that there has gotta be one that slips away,
C F
You're a notch on the sword, you're a nail in the board,
Em Am
You should never be born now with all those plans to abort,
Dm Am C G Dm
Wishing all those boats back to the edge of the bay, tie them fast and don't let one slip away,
C F Em Am
You're a broken kid with a shiny tooth, you seal your mouth with the greenest of truths,
Dm Am C G Dm
You shall rise in the fall of the Americans, and leave yourself out of some fray,
C G Dm
You shall float upon the slick of a greasiest day.
[Chorus]
D Em
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
C Am
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
D Em
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
C Am
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Verse 2]
C F Em Am
You're a minister at the end of a dream, taxing a hundred ferries so they might cross your stream,
Dm Am C G Dm
So is in the heart of a mariner, who has taken his craft and floated away,
C F Em Am
You'll say bad hole is a gift to the sun, take this couple cloud and wrap it around well you might be stunned,
Dm Am C G Dm
Lightning has a way of striking anyone, who stands in the path of an oilman,
C G Dm
Who shall float in the wake of an oilman,
C G Dm
Who shall float upon the slick of an oilman,
C G Dm
He shall walk onto the sand and say that it's over today.
[Chours]
D Em
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
C Am
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
D Em
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
C Am
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Bridge]
C Am F G
And don't forget that the demons struck, and they blow their homes by the sea,
C Am F G
G chair shall rust by the beaches blustery gust of air as it strikes the day,
C Am F G
And you don't forget that the demons struck and they blow their homes by day,
C Am F G
Today, today! You were righteous! You were righteous today!
[Verse 3]
C F Em Am
And you're on the phone, and you pray for snow, and snow is of all, it's no longer snow,
Dm Am C G Dm
Wait on the limbs of a family man, who shall walk onto some stage,
C G Dm
Who shall walk onto some stage,
C G Dm
Who shall harness your audiences rage,
C G Dm
Who will play his dark porn on the edge of some stage.
[Chorus/Outro]
D F
When you run, run, run, run!
D F
When you run, run, run, run!
D F
When you run, run, run, run!
D F
When you run, run, run, run!
C
Because you're wrong.