They Won't Let Me Run Lyrics

Lyric discussion by heroinhotwater 

Cover art for They Won't Let Me Run lyrics by John Vanderslice

It's a story, a good one at that. Controlled by the family that keeps you in line and they run the place. You've got everything you need at your feet to be "comfortable." Then one day, you meet this girl and "Oh it's love," you say and there's just some harmless sex, and of course, she gets pregnant and he's fucked and any chance he ever had at escaping has just flown out the door. Follows through, that is, gets married and starts the family and hates it. Tries to leave and they track him down, bring him back, and lock him away in this pursuit of happiness forever.