[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