Run Straight Down Lyrics

Run Straight Down

by Warren Zevon c. 1989 Zevon Music/BMI
(4-Aminobiphenyl,
hexachlorobenzene
Dimethyl sulfate, chloromethyl methylether
2, 3, 7,
8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-
para-dioxin, carbon disulfide)
(Dibromochloropane,
chlorinated
benzenes, 2-Nitropropane,
pentachlorophenol,
Benzotrichloride, strontium chromate
1,
2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane)
I went walking in the wasted city
Started
thinking about entropy
Smelled the wind from the ruined river
Went home
to watch TV
And it's worse when I try to remember
When I think about then
and now
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven
Sit back, and watch it run
straight down
Run straight down
Run straight down
I can see it with my
eyes closed
Run straight down
We've been living in the shadows all our
lives
Where it's stand in line and don't look back and don't look left and
don't look
right
So we hide our eyes and wonder who'll survive
Waiting
for the night...
Fluorocarbons in the ozone layer
First the water and the
wildlife go
Pretty soon there's not a creature stirring
'Cept the robots
at the dynamo
And it's worse when I try to remember
When I think about
then and now
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven
Sit back, and watch
it run straight down
Run straight down
Run straight down
I can see it
with my eyes closed
Run straight down