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Running On Empty

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Running On Empty was released on September 23, 1997 by Elektra Records as a part of the album The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jackson Browne

Lead Vocals

Doug Haywood

Harmony Vocals

Rosemary Butler

Rosemary Butler

Harmony Vocals

Leland Sklar

Bass Guitar

David Lindley

Slide Guitar

Danny Kortchmar

Danny Kortchmar

Lead Electric Guitar

Craig Doerge

Piano

Russ Kunkel

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jackson Browne

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jackson Browne

Producer

Dennis Kirk

Assistant Engineer

Greg Ladanyi

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

In '65 I was seventeen and running up 101

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

[Chorus]

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

[Verse 2]

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive

In '69 I was twenty-one and I called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on

[Chorus]

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

[Bridge]

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone but me

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave

[Verse 3]

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels

Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes, I see they're running too

[Chorus]

Running on (Running on empty)

Running on (Running blind)

Running on (Running into the sun but I'm running behind)

[Outro]

Honey, you really tempt me, you know the way you look so kind

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

Running on

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find (Running blind)

Running into the sun but I'm running behind

Written by: Jackson Browne

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