I'm not sure I particularly agree with the second song on Randy Stonehill's classic album, Welcome to Paradise, but man...it sounds so good.
Maybe the reason "Keep Me Runnin'" is so musically pleasing is because Randy wrote it in an attempt to sound like the Eagles. He actually asked himself "Now if Glenn Frey and Don Henley were Christians, what kind of song would they write?"
Keep me runnin' from the shadow of my lies
Like a gypsy who is never satisfied
Once you compromise your soul
You spend a lifetime dodging the devil's toll
Keep me runnin', keep me coverin' up my tracks
Keep me runnin' so I'm always looking back
Always restless in my dreams
And trouble's never too far behind it seems
Keep me runnin', keep me movin'
Keep me always on the go
Keep me makin' sure my footprints never show
Keep me runnin' keep me movin'
Keep me numb from head to toe
Keep me hiding where my past will never go
Keep me runnin' from the sins I can't erase
Like an outlaw with a mask to hide his face
Once I was told that love could fly
Yeah but it's been so long
I just don't remember why
Keep me runnin', keep me movin'
Keep me always on the go
Keep me makin' sure my footprints never show
Keep me runnin' keep me movin'
Keep me numb from head to toe
Keep me hiding where my past will never go
Keep me runnin'...
©1976 King of Hearts Publishing
Truth is...this song is on the "Paradise Lost" side of the album and is meant to evoke "the tension and turmoil of the human heart in flight from all of life's shadows and the spiritual warfare in our souls" (Randy Stonehill in the 25th-anniversary liner notes). So of course I don't "particularly agree with" it...I mean, it's true for what it's meant to do, but the deeper, "truer" truth is that Jesus takes care of all of that turmoil: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
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