[Verse 1]
The Kentucky pill
And a cow tipping expedition
And I've seen a fuller moon
Swinging wanton premonition

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Did you ever
Expect to have more fame than this or that?
'Cause there's believing
And there's taking off your hat

And there's reading
And there's reading this or that...

[Chorus]
I'm running for my
Old playmates
I'm running through
The town

I'm running with a gun
That's gonna
Shoot my playmates
Down
[Verse 2]
Did you punch all those clocks?
Did you see off those time bandits?
If you're playing on the swings
You can't be in the sand pit

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I liked you when you
Wore those other clothes
I was into you, thinking:
"Where can I get one of those?"

I would have picked your brains
I would have paid you through the nose...

[Chorus]
I'm running for my
Old playmates
I'm running through
The town

I'm running with a gun
That's gonna
Shoot my playmates
Down
[Bridge]
I am running
Oh, I'm running, oh, oh
Yes, I'm running, oh
I'm running, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3]
And the girls that you see
They're all faster than a train
You see the same girl
But you won't see that face again

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Left the changes down
To fate and happenstance
Picked a viewpoint, oh
And how my girl can dance

Followed her feet
Realised she was watering the plants...

[Chorus]
I'm running for my
Old playmates
I'm running through
The town
I'm running with a gun
That's gonna
Shoot my playmates
Down

[Bridge]
Oh, I am running, oh
I'm running, oh, oh
Yes, I'm running, oh
I'm running, oh, oh, oh