Runaround

Once upon a midnight dearie I woke with something in my head I couldn't escape that memory Of a phone call and what you said Like a game show contestant with a parting gift I could not believe my eyes When I saw through the voice of a trusted friend Who needs to humor me and tell me lies Yeah, humor me and tell me lies And I'll lie too and say I don't mind And as we seek so shall we find And when we're feeling older we'll still be here But not without a certain degree of fear Of what will be of you and me I still can see things hopefully [Chorus] But you, why you want to give me the runaround? Is it a surefire way to speed things up When all it ever does is slow me down You've shaken me and my confidence About a great many things But I've been there and I can see it cower Like a nervous magician waiting in the wings Of a bad play where the heroes are right And nobody thinks or expects too much And Hollywood's calling for the movie rights Saying hey babe, let's keep in touch Hey baby, let's keep in touch But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me And show me all the things no one else can see So what you feel becomes mine as well And sooner or later we'll be unable to tell What's yours and mine The fishing's fine And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line [Chorus] A la la bamba dear This is the pilot speaking And I've got some news for you It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop And there ain't a whole lot that you can do You see my banner may be worn and the wind's gotten colder Perhaps I've grown a little cynical But I know no matter what the waitress brings I will drink in and always be full Yeah, I will drink in and always be full Oh I like coffee and I like tea I'd like to be able to enter a final plea I've still got this dream that you just can't shake I love you to the point you can no longer take Well all right, okay, so be that way I hope and pray that there's something left to say [Chorus](x2)