Verse I 
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Yesterday was a small town in Texas 
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With a railroad track runnin' near our back yard 
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I used to wonder where that ol' train was bound for 
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As I sat up in a tree and counted the cars 
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When I grew older that ramblin' fever took me 
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With momma's bible in my suitcase I left home 
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If I knew then of the years that lay before me 
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Guess I'd have stayed there at home where I belonged 

Pre
Am                                 C 
A young man's gotta see all he can see 
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He'll never know the price he's payin' 'til he gets old 
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Ramblin' around from town to town and to the cities 
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He soon finds out that life can be so cold  


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Hey but time has a way of changin' everything 
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Time has a way of changin' lives 
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I've been on the road too long 
C                 Am 
Too far away from home 
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And the memories are so much sweeter than the wine 
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Now I'm runnin' on empty 
                  C 
And runnin' outa' time  

Verse II 
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I see the age in my eyes in the rearview mirror 
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As I turn down a familiar blacktop road 
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I can see some of the memories so much clearer 
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And I know I don't have much further to carry this load 
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I know momma's gonna' run outside so she can greet me 
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And I'll be so glad I've found my way home 
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But I laugh to myself, who am I foolin' 
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(Spoken) That ol' train, like yesterday, is gone 

Repeat Pre-Chrous 

Repeat Chorus 

Tag 
         F          G 
Yeah I'm runnin' on empty 
              C 
And runnin' outa' time