Listen to me lady so it's understood   This runnin' round life ain't doin' me no good   I get tired, get so tired of payin' dues   But its seems there ain't no way around it   No end to runnin' blue      But I like to have my fun, like to run around   And I ain't no stranger in nobody's town   But I get tired, get so tired of changin' views   And the road don't get no shorter   Runnin' round and runnin' blue      But this runnin' round life might seem nice and easy   But when your blowin' with the wind   Sometime it get real breezy   A man gets tired, I feel like I was born to lose   And there ain't no way around it   No way round runnin' blue      Got no holes in my pocket, no holes in my soles   But I don't know if I'm leaving Detroit   Or a-comin' in to Baton Rouge   I get so tired, so tired of changin' views   And there ain't no way around it   No way around runnin' blue      Left my billfold at the airport, my suitcase on a train   Now I can't find my unbrella, and it sure looks like rain   I get tired, so tired of playin' to lose   And the road don't get no shorter   When you've got the runnin' blue      Now my life ain't no good life, but it's my life too   And once you're bound to this highway   Hey, ain't nothing you can do   Say I'm tired, whoa, gettin' tired of payin' dues   And there ain't no way around it   No way round the runnin' blue