"Running Man" lyrics - MIKE ZITO

You hear me coming, won't see me go
Every four years, roll out the show
Visit the people I've never seen
I go to places that no-ones been
I tell you stories of things I'll do
I make a promise, from me to you
Say that l care with a weary sigh, yeah
Just before l say goodbye

[Chorus:]
I'm the running man, that's what l am
And I'm running to the same old plan
I tell you stories, I'm so sincere
Then I'm gone, I just disappear

[Post-Chorus:]
I'm the running man, yeah

Great big smile, innocent of guile
Same old speech mile after mile
I kiss your babies, I pet your dog
All assurances are lost in the fog
You keep on falling for the same old lies
Send me to govern, yeah, to watch the demise
It's the same old story year after year
The politics of hope shaped by fear

[Chorus:]
I'm the running man, that's what l am
And I'm running to the same old plan
I tell you stories, I'm so sincere
And then I'm gone, I just disappear

[Post-Chorus:]
'Cause I'm the running man

[Outro:]
I'm the running man, baby
A vote for me is a vote for you
If I get enough money, no telling what I can do
Woo, I says, baby