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All the Roadrunning Lyrics by Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris

Real Live Roadrunning

2006

[Verse 1: Mark Knopfler]
A million miles our vagabond wheels
Clocked up beneath the clouds
They're counting down to showtime
When we do it for real with the crowds
Air miles are owing
But they don't come for free
And they don't give you any for pain
[Chorus: Mark Knopfler]
But if it's all for nothing
All the roadrunning
Has been in vain
[Verse 2: Emmylou Harris]
The rimshots come down like cannon fire
And thunder off the wall
There's a man in every corner
And each one is giving his all
But this is my piper
This is my drum
So you never will hear me complain
[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Emmylou Harris]
And if it's all for nothing
All the roadrunning
Has been in vain
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
[Verse 3: Mark Knopfler]
Well if you're inclined to go up on the wall
It can only be fast and high
And those who don't like the danger
Soon find something different to try
And when there's only
A ring in your ears
And an echo down memory lane
[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler]
And if it's all for nothing
All the roadrunning
Has been in vain
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
[Verse 4: Emmylou Harris]
The show's packing up I sit and watch
The convoy leaving town
Andhere's no pretending I'm not a fool
For riding around and around
Like the pictures you keep
Of your old wall of death
You showed me one time on the plane
[Chorus: Emmylou Harris]
But if it's all for nothing
All the roadrunning
Has been in vain
[Verse 5: Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]
I've a million miles of vagabond sky
Clocked up above the clouds
And I'm still your man for the roaming
For as long as there's roamin' allowed
There'll be a rider
And there'll be a wall
As long as the dreamer remains
[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]
And if it's all for nothing
All the roadrunning
Has been in vain
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning

About “All the Roadrunning” by Mark Knopfler

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"All the Roadrunning" appears on "Real Live Roadrunning" in 2006.

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