Verse I C5 F5 C5 Yesterday was a small town in Texas F5 C5 With a railroad track runnin' near our back yard F5 C5 I used to wonder where that ol' train was bound for G5 C5 As I sat up in a tree and counted the cars F5 C5 When I grew older that ramblin' fever took me F5 C5 With momma's bible in my suitcase I left home F5 C5 If I knew then of the years that lay before me G5 C5 Guess I'd have stayed there at home where I belonged Pre A5 C5 A young man's gotta see all he can see A5 C5 He'll never know the price he's payin' 'til he gets old A5 C5 Ramblin' around from town to town and to the cities A5 C5 He soon finds out that life can be so cold F5 G5 C5 Hey but time has a way of changin' everything F5 G5 C5 Time has a way of changin' lives F5 G5 I've been on the road too long C5 A5 Too far away from home F5 G5 A5 And the memories are so much sweeter than the wine F5 G5 Now I'm runnin' on empty C5 And runnin' outa' time Verse II C5 F5 C5 I see the age in my eyes in the rearview mirror F5 C5 As I turn down a familiar blacktop road F5 C5 I can see some of the memories so much clearer G5 C5 And I know I don't have much further to carry this load F5 C5 I know momma's gonna' run outside so she can greet me F5 C5 And I'll be so glad I've found my way home F5 C5 But I laugh to myself, who am I foolin' G5 C5 (Spoken) That ol' train, like yesterday, is gone Repeat Pre-Chrous Repeat Chorus Tag F5 G5 Yeah I'm runnin' on empty C5 And runnin' outa' time
