Hot Mess In Manhattan - Running Lyrics

Off-Broadway Musical
Hot Mess In Manhattan - Running Lyrics

(Music and lyrics by Adam Gwon)

The subways stuck again
And traffics at a stand still
If I have to walk ten miles to get where I'm going then I will
Don't care if my feet give out
Or what the world might say
I'll find that place I want to go, and screw you all
I've got the right away

Sorry some days really suck
And others are disasters
And all I want to do is end up in a place where things are looking up
Clearly I'm not there yet
But hopefully in time
I'll find that place I want to go, but for the moment I'm

Always running and running and running and running and running to sit in a class,
to cover the brunch shift
Running and running and running and running all over this town
I run to get food, I run to meet him,
I run down the block to go to the gym where I stay and run some more
But what am I running for?

I say that I'm a mess
But that's not entirely honest
Because messes get cleaned up, and I don't wanna be like everybody else
Sure, I'd like the job that pays
And a sense of a career
But really I just want to know, how to feel at ease right here

While I'm running and running and running and running
and running to squeeze in a gig, to nail an audition
Running and running and running and running all over this town
I run cause I'm late, I run cause I'm psyched, I run cause I feel most at home when I'm miked,
I run and run but Lord - what am I running toward?

And what if I don't ever find that sense of peace, that peace of mind?
I'm not looking for perfection, or anything that's close
I want to be a mess, I guess
But a mess that always knows that she's running and running and running
and running and running towards something she wants, towards something fantastic
Running and running and running and running all over this town
Running to go to a job that I love,
the perfect insistence that fits like a glove, to a job that brings me bliss
Something well, like this

Running to walk where the buildings are tall,
Walking to stop in the heart of it all,
Stopping to find myself taking in everything, letting it all be sublime
I guess that's why I'm always running, always running, always running, always.

[Thanks to Kelly Sullivan for lyrics]

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