Gerry Rafferty
"Take The Money And Run"

I was caught up in a fever In that summer of ‘69And my heart was cryin' out for changeAnd I knew time was comin' when I'd get away.
So I moved down to that cityWhere I met a friend of mineAnd I must admit he tried to warn me wellWith all those bad luck stories he could tell.
He said "Take the money and run,Take the money and runBelieve it, in this town you can't trust anyoneYou're gonna learn that lesson my son".
"Take the money and run,Buy yourself a place in the sunDon't be a fool, don't you trust anyoneYou gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".
He was broken, he was wastedHe'd been brought down to his kneeAnd his heart was crying out for truthYou could see the whole world's sadness in his eyes.
So I took good care of businessAt least as far as I could seeI could read the signs and I knew all the linesBut so many times his voice came back to me.
"Take the money and run,Get it at the point of a gunBelieve it, in this town you can't trust anyoneYou're gonna learn that lesson my son".
"Take the money and run,Buy yourself a place in the sunDon't be a fool, don't you trust anyoneYou gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".
I've been wanderin' through this wastelandWhere the blind go leading the blindAnd the only sound on the money-go-roundWas the million voices waiting to be found.
I could only hear a whisperIt was comin' from the one I lovedAnd her heart was saying this can't be rightAll my wasted days and all her lonely nights.
Take the money and run,Get it at the point of a gunBelieve it, n this town you can't trust anyoneYou're gonna learn that lesson my son.
Take the money and run,Buy yourself a place in the sunDon't be a fool, don't you trust anyoneYou gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.

Drums: Liam GenockeyBass Guitar: Mo FosterKeyboards: Graham PreskettFiddle: Graham PreskettElectric Guitar: Richard BruntonAcoustic Guitar: Gerry RaffertyPercussion: Frank RicottiSax: Raphael RavenscroftAccordion: John KirkpatrickPenny Whistle: Richard HarveyVocals: Gerry Rafferty