Gil Scott-Heron - Handsome Johnny

Written by：Richard Russell、Gil Scott-Heron

Because I always feel like running

Not away because there is no such place

Because if there was I would have found it by now

Because it's easier to run

Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one

Who didn't run

Because running will be the way your life and mine

Will be described

As in the long run

Or as in having given someone a run for his money

Or as in running out of time

Because running makes me look like everyone else

Though I hope there will never be cause for that

Because I will be running in the other direction

Not running for cover

Because if I knew where cover was

I would stay there and never have to run for it

Not running for my life

Because I have to be running for something of more value

To be running and not in fear

Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped

Eluded avoided hidden from protected from gotten away from

Not without showing the fear as I see it now

Because closer clearer no sir nearer

Because of you and because of that nice

That you quietly quickly be causing

And because you're going to see me run soon

And because you're going to know why I'm running then

You'll know then

Because I'm not going to tell you now