Take the Money and Run
Gerry Rafferty

I was caught up in a fever
In that summer of €˜69
And my heart was cryin€™ out for change
And I knew time was comin€™ when I€™d get away.

So I moved down to that city
Where I met a friend of mine
And I must admit he tried to warn me well
With all those bad luck stories he could tell.

He said Take the money and run,
Take the money and run
Believe it, in this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son.

Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.

He was broken, he was wasted
He€™d been brought down to his knee
And his heart was crying out for truth
You could see the whole world€™s sadness in his eyes.

So I took good care of business
At least as far as I could see
I could read the signs and I knew all the lines
But so many times his voice came back to me.

Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, in this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son.

Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.

I€™ve been wanderin€™ through this wasteland
Where the blind go leading the blind
And the only sound on the money-go-round
Was the million voices waiting to be found.

I could only hear a whisper
It was comin€™ from the one I loved
And her heart was saying this can€™t be right
All my wasted days and all her lonely nights.

Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, n this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son.

Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.

Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty


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Lyrics by Gerry Rafferty

  A Dangerous Age   A New Beginning   A Change of Heart   A Dangerous Age   A New Beginning   All Souls   All the Best People Do It   Already Gone   Another World   As Wise as a Serpent   Back On My Feet Again   Bajan Moon   Baker Street   Benediction   Benjamin Day   Big Change In The Weather   Blind Faith   Blood and Glory   Bring It All Home   Cafe in Cabotin   Can I Have My Money Back   Can I Have My Money Back?   Cat and Mouse   Change Of Heart   Children of the Sun   City to City   Clear Day   Coconut Tree   Conscious Love   Days Gone Down   Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes)   Didn't I   Didn't I?   Didn't I   Does He Know What He's Taken On   Does He Know What He's Taken On   Don't Close the Door   Don't Count Me Out   Don't Get Me Wrong   Don't Give Up on Me   Don't Speak of My Heart   Don't Close The Door   Don't Count Me Out   Don't Get Me Wrong   Don't Give Up On Me   Don't Speak Of My Heart   Down and Out   Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fi...   Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn O...   Everytime I Wake Up   Family Tree   Found My Way To You   Garden of England   Get It Right Next Time   Get It Right the Next Time   Get Out of My Life Woman   Gets So Lonely   Good Intentions   Half a Chance   Hang On   Hearts Desire   Hearts Run Dry   Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway   Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway   Home And Dry   Home From Home   I Can't Stop Now   I Can't Stop Now   I Could Be Wrong   I See Red   I Was a Boy Scott   In Transit   Island   It's Better This Way   It's Easy to Talk   It's Gonna Be a Long Night   It's Better This Way   It's Easy To Talk   It's Gonna Be A Long Night   Johnny's Song   Johnny's Song   Keep It to Yourself   La Fenetre   Late Again   Life Goes On   Lonesome Polecat   Long Way Round   Look at the Moon   Look Over the Hill and Far Away   Love and Affection   Make You, Break You   Mary Skeffington   Mattie's Rag   Mattie's Rag   Metanoia   Moonlight and Gold   Mr Universe   Mr. Universe   My Singing Bird   New Street Blues   Next To Me   Night Owl   North and South   Nothing Ever Happens Down Here   Nothing's Gonna Make Me Change My Mind   Nothing's Gonna Make Me Change My Mind   On a Night Like This   On the Way   One Drink Down   Out the Blue   Over My Head   Patrick   Please Sing a Song for Us   Rick Rack   Right Down The Line   Right or Wrong   Royal Mile   Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')   Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')   Shipyard Town   Shoeshine Boy   Sign on the Dotted Line   Sleepwalking   So Bad Thinking   Song For Simon   Standing at the Gates   Star   Stealin' Time   Stealin' Time   Steamboat Row   Stuck In The Middle With You   Sweet Love   Sweet Surrender   Syncopatin Sandy   Syncopatin' Sandy   The Ark   The Garden Of England   The Girl's Got No Confidence   The Girl's Got No Confidence   The Grinches   The Land of the Chosen Few   The Light of Love   The Long Way Round   The Right Moment   The Tourist   The Waters of Forgetfulness   The Way It Always Starts   The Way That You Do It   Time's Caught Up on You   Time's Caught Up On You   Tired of Talking   To Each and Everyone   Trouble With Love   Unselfish Love   Waiting for the Day   Waltz   Wastin' Away   Wastin' Away   Welcome to Hollywood   What More Could You Want   Whatever's Written in Your Heart   Whatever's Written In Your Heart   When I Rest   Where I Belong   Who Cares?   Whose House Is It Anyway?   Why Want You Talk To Me   Why Won't You Talk to Me   Why Won't You Talk To Me   Winter's Come   Winter's Come   Wishbone   Wrong Thinking   Xavier and Honor   You Put Something Better Inside of Me

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