I heard a record   oh, I heard a record in school   there was a lyric   oh, there was a lyric I knew   I didn't see it   no, I didnt see it was you.      I heard a poem   oh, I heard a poem I wrote   and all the letters   oh, and all the letters I spoke   they didn't sound like   no, they didn't sound like a joke.      Ooh..         You'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   you'll keep on knowing all the things you didn't,   you'll keep on wondering why it didn't happen.         I saw a photo   oh, I saw a photo of yore   I hadn't seen it   no, I hadn't seen it before   but I remember   oh, but I remember for sure.      I'll buy the record   oh, I'll buy the record I miss   I'll write a lyric   oh, I'll write a lyric like this   and this is just what   oh, and this is just what it is.      Ooh..      [Chorus]   You'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   you'll keep on knowing all the things you didn't,   you'll keep on wondering why it didn't happen,   you'll keep on wishing that it really hadn't.         You'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   you'll keep on knowing all the things you didn't,      You'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   (you'll keep on knowing all the things you didn't)   you'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   (you'll keep on wondering why it didn't happen)   (You'll keep on running for the things you wanted)   you'll keep on wishing that it really hadn't.         [Chorus]   You'll keep on running for the things...         I think you have it   oh, I think you have it at last   you’ve lived your life in   oh, you’ve lived your life in a glass   and now you see it   oh, and now you see a contrast.      I wish you see it   oh, I wish you see what I see   and you are keeping   oh, and you are keeping the tree   there is a willow   oh, there is a willow in me.      Oooh..         [Chorus]   You'll keep on running for the things...         You'll keep on running for the things you wanted,   you'll keep on running for the things you wanted..