Whatever You Run Into - The Verlaines

You know some things about yourself

You know how to keep them in

You think you know your mind

Will hold you through thick and thin

Or whatever the weather throws at you

There will always be shelter here for you

And anything that you want is served for you

I know you need your sense of false security

Your clause to get you out

'Cos whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Will lay you out

You take a selected group of friends

Whose reputations you fear

You’re making all the noise

But they see you’re still here

They don’t care if you don’t do what you say

Sit and talk like you did the other day

It doesn’t alter a damn thing either way

You haven’t moved and you can’t do that much else

Except change the clouds

'Cos whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Will lay you out

I know persuasion holds you back

Services that you owe

You try and fight it out

Paralysis still grows

And I can see that you’re giving up the ghost

Can’t get hold of the things you want the most

You chase your dream and the same old story goes

Like something throws you up in the air

And you land in a public house

'Cos whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Whatever you run into

Will lay you out