Running On Ice Lyrics

Running On Ice
by Billy Joel
There's a lot of tension in this town
I know it's building up inside of me
I've got all the symptoms and the side effects
Of city life anxiety 

I could never understand why the urban attitude
Is so superior
In a world of high rise ambition
Most people's motives are ulterior 

Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice
Paying the price too long
Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong 

I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate
Of culture and intelligence
The culmination of technology
And civilized experience 

But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk
A modern man accumulates
I'm a statistic in a system
That a civil servant dominates 

And all that means is that I'm running on ice
Caught in a vise so strong
I'm slipping and sliding, cause I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong 

You've got to run
You've got to run 

As fast as I can climb
A new disaster every time I turn around
As soon as I get one fire put out
There's another building burning down 

They say this highway's going my way
But I don't know where it's taking me
It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race
It's breaking me 

I get no traction cause I'm running on ice
It's taking me twice as long
I get a bad reaction cause I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong 

You've got to run
You've got to run
Running on ice
Running on ice
Running on ice