Name: Running Away with the Wind
Duration: P00H02M16S
Description: I wrote this song in early October, 2015. The tune and title came to me quickly and within a few hours I had the lyrics completed. It is a jaunty song remindful of the commercial folk groups that came after the Kingston Trio in the early 1960s. My thanks to Bob Moore for playing banjo and singing the harmony parts.

Running Away with the Wind

from Proving Grounds by Fred Grittner

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I wrote this song in early October, 2015. The tune and title came to me quickly and within a few hours I had the lyrics completed. It is a jaunty song remindful of the commercial folk groups that came after the Kingston Trio in the early 1960s. My thanks to Bob Moore for playing banjo and singing the harmony parts.

lyrics

Running Away With the Wind

For years I was a rambler
Then I settled down
Made my peace with living
In this sleepy town

But lately I’ve felt stirrings
Telling me it’s time to go
Don’t care in what direction
Any way the wind will blow

CHORUS:
Running away with the wind
Ready to head out again
I know I should stay
But my heart’s back in play
Running away with the wind

I have no wish to hurt you
Though I know I will
I’d hurt you more by staying
There’s no point standing still

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
The trees outside my window
Take it on the chin
The autumn leaves are falling
The seasons change again.

CHORUS

Copyright 2015 Fred Grittner All Rights Reserved

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from Proving Grounds, track released November 18, 2015
Fred Grittner, guitars, mandolin, etc. Bob Moore banjo and vocal harmonies.

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