I play in the playground
Play in the underground
Trying to learn this new town
Yeah, ain't got no friends around

That's hard when you ain't got no friends
Loneliness don't ever end
Yeah it do, now it do
I got some money to spend

So make some cops say
Here's ten dollars, get me a pint
Keep the change
I need a bottle for ten dollars, man
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I am a kid, I'm just a model
But don't waste my time old timer
Get the beer, get the bottle
I need a taste to get me over to this place

Yeah, well you gonna run for me
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Gonna run for me, yeah

I walk here, ride my bike down
Take the subway car everywhere
I'll take the bus if I must
Take a bust name a ride
Yeah, its not a bust it's a bus
Been here two weeks, cops know my face
Wrong time, right place
Got another one that know my name
Runnin' days are done
Runnin' days are name
Once they know your name you know
You can't play no more

I be a law abiding citizen
I don't want to go to prison and
Wastin' my time and eat for free
Yeah, it ain't for me
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Gonna run for me, yeah

Excuse me sir, could I have a word?
Ask for favor for the flavor
Standing outside of a liquor store
The taste that I savor
The taste so great that I can't get
I buy for you 'cause its for me
It cost ten dollars but here's $13
Could I get some sympathy
It wasn't my fault I was born in 1970... 2!
Let me loose with some juice
For feelin smooth
Man I can play
Oh man I can play
I can really play man
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Yeah, you gonna run for me
Gonna run for me, yeah

I'm just standing out here on the corner, man
I need a little taste, get me through the night
Could you help me out?
Could you help me out?
Could you help me out?
You know what he said?
Runnin' days are done
Runnin' days are done
Runnin' days are done
Runnin' days are done