Listen to me lady So it's understood This runnin' round life Ain't doing me no good I get tired Get so tired of paying dues But it seems there ain't no way around it No end to runnin' blue But I like to have my fun Like to run around And I ain't no stranger In nobody's town But I get tired Get so tired of changing views And the road don't get no shorter Runnin' round and runnin' blue Well this runnin' round life Might seem nice and easy But when you're blowing with the wind Sometimes it gets real breezy A man gets tired I feel like I was born to lose And there ain't no way around it No way round runnin' blue Got no holes in my pockets No holes in my shoes But I don't know if I'm leaving Detroit Or coming into Baton Rouge I get tired So tired of changing views And there ain't no way around it No way round runnin' blue Left my billfold at the airport My suitcase on a train Now I can't find my umbrella And it sure looks like rain I get tired So tired of playing to lose And the road don't get no shorter When you got the runnin' blues Well the night life ain't a good life But it's my life too Once you're bound to this highway Ain't nothing you can do Except get tired Oh get tired of paying dues And there ain't no way around it No way round runnin' blue