One, two, three, four
There's a black dog following hard on my trail
Set firm on hollowing my heart till it fails
Gone nine days sleepless seeking to keep this dog off my tail
Lugged this old bag of bones through seven time zones
Oh I'm ten degrees of strange
But I'm trying to change
Tryin' to shake off my shadow
Still hoping to get out of the black dog's range
So I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like a river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
You were the pebble and I was the ripple
You were the puzzle and I was the riddle
Together, together, we got lost in the middle
We took signs for wonders. In summer the meteors
In winter the thunder, the trees split asunder
Wherever we wandered
Now I'm stormbound on high ground
A jack of the hedge
A wreck on the beach
Still trying to stay out of that black dog's reach
Some days I long for the grace of an end
Dam up the river, dry out its bed
Bury me there, body and head
Far from the black dog's song
But I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like a river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
Gonna run like a river
Right down to the sea
Gonna run like the sap
Through the heart of a tree
I run 'cause I must
Leave that dog in the dust
