[Verse 1]

I once had a friend

We would drive through Topanga Canyon

High and listening to a loud radio



But things come to an end

Just when you think it will last forever



When I last spoke to him

On the phone I don’t know



[Chorus]

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me



[Verse 2]

I once had a girl

I would watch eating funny flowers

And honey in her hair

Was all I could see



She would laugh at me

Dodging cars through the streets of Berkeley

Swore we’d always be

Just like family



[Chorus]

But everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see



[Bridge]

I once had a wife

Could make me cry just by looking at me

Big brown island eyes

A face like a song



Guess I should have known

We were always running out of something

Love always explodes

It’s a bow on a bomb



[Chorus]

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see

Everybody runs from me

Oh, you see