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Oh, once upon a midnight dreary
I woke with something in my head
I couldn't escape the memory
Of a phone call and of what you said
Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
I could not believe my eyes
When I saw through the thoughts of a trusted friend
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies, yeah humor me and tell me lies
And I'll lie too and say I don't mind
And as we seek so shall we find
And when you're feeling open I'll still be here
But not without a certain degree of fear
Well, what will be with you and me
I still can see things hopefully
But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
When all it does is slow me down
Shake me and my confidence
About a great many things
But I've been there I can see it cower
Like a nervous magician waiting in the wings
Of a bad play where the heroes are right
And nobody thinks or expects too much
And Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
Singing "Hey babe, let's keep in touch", hey baby, let's keep in touch
But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me
And show me all the things no one else can see
So what you feel becomes mine as well
And soon if we're lucky we'd be unable to tell
What's yours and mine, the fishing's fine
And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line
But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
When all it does is slow me down
Tra la la la la bombardier, this is the pilot speaking
I've got some news for you
It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop
And there ain't a whole lot that you can do
Oh sure the banner may be torn and the wind's gotten colder
Perhaps I've grown a little cynical
But I know no matter what the waitress brings
I shall drink it and always be full, yeah I will drink it and always be full
Oh I like coffee and I like tea
I'd like to be able to enter a final plea
I still got this dream that you just can't shake
I love you to the point you can no longer take
Well all right okay, so be that way
I hope and pray that there's something left to say
But you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
When all it does is slow me down?
Oh you
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
When all it does is slow me down?
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Blues Traveler – Run-Around
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“Run-Around”, the lead single from Blues Traveler’s fourth album, was their breakout hit – reaching #8 in the summer of 1995. It was written by John Popper about his unrequited
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Blues Traveler – Look Around
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You'll get no answer from me / About what I want or what I get / Brave enough to speak, afraid to see / Confuse the issue till you forget / And I've tried / To finally decide / Why
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Blues Traveler – Hook
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A single that first appeared on Blues Traveler’s fourth album, appropriately titled “Four.”
The song follows the same chord progression as Pachelbel’s notorious “Canon In D
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Blues Traveler – Crash Burn
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I'm gonna ride you / Gonna ride you out like a witch on a broom / I'm gonna ride you / Gonna ride you out like a witch on a broom / It's the old give and take / And I've been took
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Blues Traveler – Fallible
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With an air of indignation / Smiles a painted porcelain face / And we're supposed to trust this / Decorum has its place / But you and I beyond that / With a question I might ask
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Blues Traveler – Price to Pay
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Standing here with a tale to tell / I might as well tell to you / Nothing near Wagnerian / As Terminater Two / It's an old on about a little dirt farm girl / Who wanted to get out
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Blues Traveler – When You Fall Down
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Somebody hit the button, please / I'm on my knees / Strapped in my ejector seat / Gonna hide out in the sky / Somebody light the exit sign / I'm on fire / Ghostwrite a thank-you
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Blues Traveler – Rage
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When the fire / In your belly ain't been shrinking / And there's nothing / Laying around that you could be drinking / Take no mind / As that stranger tries to pass you / Is he
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Blues Traveler (Ft. Crystal Bowersox) – You Got Me Runnin'
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You got me runnin' / You got me hiding / You got me run, hide, hide, run / Anyway you want it / Let it roll. Yeah yeah yeah / You Got me doing what you want me / Baby why you wanna
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Blues Traveler – Brother John
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Are you sleeping, Brother John? / If you feel like weeping, Brother John / Please won't you hear me, Brother John? / Just wait and see, Brother John / Can't you see by the will of
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Blues Traveler – Dropping Some NYC
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Come on everybody take a trip with us / Gonna raise some hell gonna raise a fuss / Cost you a dollar if you care to see / So just belly on up and tell me what'll it be / I've got a
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Blues Traveler – Stand
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Stand / Stand and walk / Tragedy / Is cheap and so is talk / Decision / Yours to make, what will you do? / In the end / It comes back to you / ‘Cause it's a long way to fall
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Blues Traveler – Freedom
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I walk right by him and he's freezing his ass off / He could be dead, I'm supposed to walk away / I won't remember a thing come the summertime / Handful of quarters make me feel
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Blues Traveler – Let Her & Let Go
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In all that I do and in all that I say / I used to have a dream that love didn't have to be this way / Immaculate the promise of that pristine paradise / And as I come up from its
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Genius Q&A
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Q:When did Blues Traveler release “Run-Around”?
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Blues Traveler released “Run-Around” on February 28, 1995.
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Blues Traveler
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Blues Traveler is an American blues rock jam band that was founded by drummer Brendan Hill and lead vocalist and harmonica player John Popper in Princeton, New Jersey, 1987. The
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Steve Thompson
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Michael Barbiero
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Blues Traveler Lyrics
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Blues Traveler lyrics - 175 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Run-Around", "Sweet Pain", "Tired Of Being Alone".
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