RUN! (The Running Song)
by Anne McCaffrey (in italics) ©1976 and Tania Opland ©2008
Far away from Hold, far away from Hall,
From the safety of stone and steel,
I had ventured far on my own
To find spiderclaws for my creel.
And as feet may wander, minds do, too,
Losing touch with distance and time
But when the sky turned black with dragons overhead
And I knew I was about to die. I had to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! I want to live to see the end of this day.
Then my feet took off my legs went, too,
And my body was obliged to follow.
Me with my hands and mouth full of cress
And my throat too dry to swallow.
I thought I'd run before - been running all my life
Never doubting I could hold my own
But faster than I've ever been is still not fast enough
Though I'm straining every muscle and bone, to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! I want to live to see the end of this day.
I have never yet been run off my feet
But this nearly ran the feet off of me
Wore right through the bottoms of my old battered boots
'Till the soles began to bleed
I thought I'd run before - been running all my life
Never doubting I could hold my own
But when the sky turns black with dragons overhead
Then you know ___ you've got to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! If you want to live to see the end of this day.
Run! Run Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, Run! Run! Run ___
by Anne McCaffrey (in italics) ©1976 and Tania Opland ©2008
Far away from Hold, far away from Hall,
From the safety of stone and steel,
I had ventured far on my own
To find spiderclaws for my creel.
And as feet may wander, minds do, too,
Losing touch with distance and time
But when the sky turned black with dragons overhead
And I knew I was about to die. I had to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! I want to live to see the end of this day.
Then my feet took off my legs went, too,
And my body was obliged to follow.
Me with my hands and mouth full of cress
And my throat too dry to swallow.
I thought I'd run before - been running all my life
Never doubting I could hold my own
But faster than I've ever been is still not fast enough
Though I'm straining every muscle and bone, to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! I want to live to see the end of this day.
I have never yet been run off my feet
But this nearly ran the feet off of me
Wore right through the bottoms of my old battered boots
'Till the soles began to bleed
I thought I'd run before - been running all my life
Never doubting I could hold my own
But when the sky turns black with dragons overhead
Then you know ___ you've got to
Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, just
Run! Run! Run! If you want to live to see the end of this day.
Run! Run Run! Run! Run! No time to think, stop or stay, Run! Run! Run ___