All The Roadrunning - Mark Knopfler
A million miles our vagabond wheels Clocked up beneath the clouds They're counting down to show time When we do it for real with the crowds Air miles are owing but they don't come for free And they don't give you any for pain But if it's all for nothing All the road running has been in vain The rim shots come down like cannon fire And thunder off the wall There's a man in every corner And each one is giving his all But this is my piper, this is my drum So you never will hear me complain And if it's all for nothing All the road running has been in vain All the road running All the road running Well if you're inclined to go up on the wall It can only be fast and high And those who don't like the danger soon Find something different to try And when there is only a ring in your ears And an echo down memory lane Then if it's all for nothing All the road running has been in vain All the road running All the road running The show's packing up, I sit and I watch The carnival leaving town There's no pretending that I'm not a fool For riding around and around Like the pictures you keep of your old wall of death You showed me one time on the plane But if it's all for nothing All the road running, it's been in vain I've a million miles of vagabond sky Clocked up above the clouds And I'm still your man for the roaming For as long as there's roaming allowed There'll be a rider and there'll be a wall As long as the dream remains And if it's all for nothing All the road running it's been in vain All the road running All the road running
Artist: Mark Knopfler
Title: All The Roadrunning