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Come Running
Van Morrison Lyrics

By the side of the tracks where the train goes by
The wind and the rain will catch you, you will sigh
Deep in your heart
Then you'll come a-running to me, mmm
You'll come a-running to me, yeah-yeah
Well, you watch the train go 'round the bend
Play in dust and dream that it will never end
Deep in your heart
But you'll come a-running to me, yeah
You'll come a-running to me, all right

Said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Yeah-yeah, come a-running to me
Said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
With your hound dog by your side
And your arms stretched out open wide
I want to keep you satisfied in the morning sun
By my side, come on, come on run, all right, hey, hey
In the country
Kicking sand up with your heels
Think to yourself how good it feels
Throw away all your walking shoes
Then you come running to me
Hey, hey, now you come running to me
I said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
Hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
Come on, come on, run (hey, come a-running to me)
Wanna run, come on, run (oh, come a-running to me)
Come on run, come on, come on, run to me (hey, come a-running to me)
You gotta rainbow if you run to me

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: VAN MORRISON

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"Come Running" is a song written by singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album moondance. Morrison described it as "a very light type of song. It's not too heavy. It's just a happy-go-lucky song. There are no messages or anything like that." Brian Hinton felt that it was more complicated than that. "The imagery is just like that at the end of "madame george", a train passing, wind and rain...an image of implacable nature against which human life and death play out their little games. Read Full Bio"Come Running" is a song written by singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album moondance. Morrison described it as "a very light type of song. It's not too heavy. It's just a happy-go-lucky song. There are no messages or anything like that." Brian Hinton felt that it was more complicated than that. "The imagery is just like that at the end of "madame george", a train passing, wind and rain...an image of implacable nature against which human life and death play out their little games. Van and his lover 'dream that it will never end' while knowing that of course it will. Even the injunction to 'put away all your walking shoes' has a temporary sound to it."

"The single, with lower rung chart success, hardly accounts for the immediate acceptance of Moondance, from young adult listeners." The song was also the only song to survive the astral weeks demos for Warner Bros. in 1968.