Mayday! - Running Away lyrics

Under the fierce yellow sun I saw a vision of what I've become Standing there helpless 'Neath the great billboard's shade I grew so nauseous I gave up my trade My ma began weeping from way beneath the ground Saying "Sonny be careful while you're roaming around Men have tried, surely some died As total strangers to their children & wives While you are roaming and all out there alone Gather some strong bricks to build yourself a home When you grow weary, my lil' tumbleweed Find a sweet woman and follow her lead Because a desperate man is only half a man When he's running away" Mama I hear you so loud and so clear Many a midnight brought rainclouds of tears Bad dreams they chase me they burden my soul So I lift up my throat just to fight them with song When my body grows weary when my legs go numb O angel of mercy, allow me my slumber When times are desperate, allow me resolve & the strength to rally my limbs in resistance Of the desperate acts a man thinks he must make When he's running away