Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
Belle & Sebastian
Push Barman to Open Old Wounds (2005)

I'll take a second of the day to think

About the things that we have done this year

The dog lies down, the pouring rain

I'm underneath the smokers railway arch again



The future's looking colorful it's the color of blood

Chaos and corruption of a happy soul

A happy soul will ride in the field

Ride in the field, ride in the field

Till the rain dies down



The railway ticket states the destination

But it doesn't mean that we will show

There's a fork upon the line

We'll pay the guard to switch the sign off



We go to future's looking wonderful

It's the wonder of the businessman's conspiracy

To sell you wares, no one cares, oh, you care I know

You care I know, you care I know I forgot for a while



On a sulky afternoon spent in dispute

You'll give yourself a headache, yeah

So I spend the day in stories and in dreaming

Of the time when we're on stage



Have you seen the loneliness of a middle distance runner

When he stops the race and looks around

I like the stage, I've seen it now, I'll walk to the
station

Walk to the station, walk to the station won't you follow
me?



Walk to the station

Walk to the station

Walk to the station

Won't you follow me?