Keep on Running - Robert Francis

I heard you knocking at my back door

You said your family’s gone, you can’t help me anymore

I heard you knocking, I heard you say, it’s not funny that things have to turn

out this way

I broke out into the night for something out of sight, kept moving faster

Decisions I made, losing you to the narrowing light

I always loved you, you knew I always loved you

Oncoming traffic, fading into…

The end of the world, you know I’ll keep on running

We gotta get out of here before the cops start coming

I held a job for a while, to keep you happy, to keep you laughing

I knew it wasn’t enough, I could not keep acting tough

And I would find you, just the way I raised you, those pale green eyes,

burning into…