Billy Joel Running On Ice Lyrics

Running On Ice Lyrics

There's a lot of tension in this town

I know it's building up inside of
me

I've got all the symptoms and the side effects

Of city life
anxiety



I could never understand why the urban attitude

Is so
superior

In a world of high rise ambition

Most people's motives are
ulterior



Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice

Paying the
price too long

Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice

Where
did my life go wrong



I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate

Of culture
and intelligence

The culmination of technology

And civilized
experience



But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk

A
modern man accumulates

I'm a statistic in a system

That a civil servant
dominates



And all that means is that I'm running on ice

Caught in
the vise so strong

I'm slipping and sliding, cause I'm running on
ice

Where did my life go wrong



You've got to run

You've got to
run



As fast as I can climb

A new disaster every time I turn
around

As soon as I get one fire put out

There's another building
burning down



They say this highway's going my way

But I don't know
where it's taking me

It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race

It's
breaking me



I get no traction cause I'm running on ice

It's taking
me twice as long

I get a bad reaction cause I'm running on ice

Where did
my life go wrong



You've got to run

You've got to
run



Running on ice

Running on ice

Running on ice

Running
on ice