Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one
I dont know where Im running now, Im just running on

Running on – running on empty
Running on – running blind
Running on – running into the sun
But Im running behind

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive
In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own
I dont know when that road turned onto the road Im on

Running on – running on empty
Running on – running blind
Running on – running into the sun
But Im running behind

Everyone I know, everywhere I go
People need some reason to believe
I dont know about anyone but me
If it takes all night, thatll be all right
If I can get you to smile before I leave

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I dont know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes I see them running too

Running on – running on empty
Running on – running blind
Running on – running into the sun
But Im running behind

Honey you really tempt me
You know the way you look so kind
Id love to stick around but Im running behind
You know I dont even know what Im hoping to find
Running into the sun but Im running behind

Den konservative amerikanske præsidentkandidat John McCain har ikke været alt for heldig med sin PR-kampagne de sidste uger. Først fik han ørerne gevaldigt i maskinen ved at (mis)bruge Paris Hilton i et korstog mod Barack Obamas celebrity-status, og nu har han fået en retssag på halsen, fordi han har (mis)brugt sangskriveren Jackson Brownes sang Running on empty (fra 1977-albummet af samme navn).
Man kan roligt sige, at McCain og hans rådgivere har skudt sig selv i foden ved netop at “låne” Jackson Brownes sang. Browne har i mange år været kendt som en – i amerikansk forstand – liberal kunstner, der har arbejdet for miljøet og for social retfærdighed. Dertil skal lægges, at Browne har støttet demokratiske præsidentkandidater økonomisk gennem årene, senest Barack Obama…Browne anklager McCain og kompani for at krænke sine kunstneriske rettigheder og kræver 75.000 $ i godtgørelse, og McCain-folket har afvist det som en storm i et glas vand. Men det kan let vise sig at være en større sag, for flere andre kunstnere har allerede opfordret McCain til at standse misbruget af deres musik. Fx John Cougar Mellenkamp og ABBA…