Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)

Album: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
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  • (Nice guy)

    Oh, please help me, oh, please help me
    I'm livin' by myself
    I need someone to comfort me
    I need someone to tell

    I'm sorry for the things I've done
    I've shamed myself with lies
    But soon these things are overcome
    And can't be recognized

    I left my love with ribbons on
    And water in her eyes
    I took from her the love I'd won
    And turned it to the sky

    I'm sorry for the things I've done
    I've shamed myself with lies
    My cruelty has punctured me
    And now I'm runnin' dry

    I'm sorry for the things I've done
    I've shamed myself with lies
    But soon these things are overcome
    And can't be recognized

    I'm sorry for the things I've done
    I've shamed myself with lies
    But soon these things are overcome
    And can't be recognized Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Bernhard May from Erkrath, GermanyI thank you for this interpretation. Also thanks to Bill !
  • Bill from Oregon HouseThe Violinist is Bobby Notkoff if that helps.
  • Sandra from Nova ScotiaI'm looking for the violin music to running dry but can't find it anywhere..please help
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