Well I’ve been told now that hard times are passing 

they come so fast these days and hardly go away 

I try to keep on but days go too slowly 

I should have seen it coming a long time ago 

Long before it was known what brought you home 

Since you’ve been absent well everyone’s been asking 

Are troubles far gone are you getting on better off this way 

I said yeah I try to keep on but it seems that he don’t know me 

Cause I ain’t go no need for such a shallow creek 

or a hollow man floating in the deep 

You can run from all the things that you fear 

We don’t worry about you now since you ain’t here 

So when you go home and you feel forever lonesome 

it’s been a long time coming 

You better keep on running 

It comes and goes although I wish it could remain 

People say that they never change but you know they always do 

The wind ain’t so strong when I’m left out to dry 

It gets hard to get along but I’m always getting by 

It’s a fine line between a heart and a mind 

Well I do believe that all these hard times are passing 

Cause they tend to leave each time that you do the same 

Well you can keep on but plan on falling through 

Or you can be gone if it’s a selfless thing to do 

But helpless is the man that can’t be true 

You can run from all the things that you fear 

We don’t worry about you now since you ain’t here 

So when you go home and feel forever lonesome 

It’s been a long time coming 

You better keep on running 

Well it’s been a long time coming 

You better keep on running