I was caught up in a fever    In that summer of '69   And my heart was cryin' out for change   And I knew time was comin' when I'd get away.      So I moved down to that city   Where I met a friend of mine   And I must admit he tried to warn me well   With all those bad luck stories he could tell.      He said "Take the money and run,   Take the money and run   Believe it, in this town you can't trust anyone   You're gonna learn that lesson my son".      "Take the money and run,   Buy yourself a place in the sun   Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone   You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".      He was broken, he was wasted   He'd been brought down to his knee   And his heart was crying out for truth   You could see the whole world's sadness in his eyes.      So I took good care of business   At least as far as I could see   I could read the signs and I knew all the lines   But so many times his voice came back to me.      "Take the money and run,   Get it at the point of a gun   Believe it, in this town you can't trust anyone   You're gonna learn that lesson my son".      "Take the money and run,   Buy yourself a place in the sun   Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone   You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".      I've been wanderin' through this wasteland   Where the blind go leading the blind   And the only sound on the money-go-round   Was the million voices waiting to be found.      I could only hear a whisper   It was comin' from the one I loved   And her heart was saying this can't be right   All my wasted days and all her lonely nights.      Take the money and run,   Get it at the point of a gun   Believe it, n this town you can't trust anyone   You're gonna learn that lesson my son.      Take the money and run,   Buy yourself a place in the sun   Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone   You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.            Drums: Liam Genockey   Bass Guitar: Mo Foster   Keyboards: Graham Preskett   Fiddle: Graham Preskett   Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton   Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty   Percussion: Frank Ricotti   Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft   Accordion: John Kirkpatrick   Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey   Vocals: Gerry Rafferty