Run Straight Down Lyrics - Zevon Warren

by Warren Zevon c. 1989 Zevon Music/BMI 

(4-Aminobiphenyl, hexachlorobenzene 

Dimethyl sulfate, chloromethyl methylether 

2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo- 

para-dioxin, carbon disulfide) 

(Dibromochloropane, chlorinated 

benzenes, 2-Nitropropane, pentachlorophenol, 

Benzotrichloride, strontium chromate 

1, 2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane) 

I went walking in the wasted city 

Started thinking about entropy 

Smelled the wind from the ruined river 

Went home to watch TV 

And it's worse when I try to remember 

When I think about then and now 

I'd rather see it on the news at eleven 

Sit back, and watch it run straight down 

Run straight down 

Run straight down 

I can see it with my eyes closed 

Run straight down 

We've been living in the shadows all our lives 

Where it's stand in line and don't look back and don't look left and don't look 

right 

So we hide our eyes and wonder who'll survive 

Waiting for the night... 

Fluorocarbons in the ozone layer 

First the water and the wildlife go 

Pretty soon there's not a creature stirring 

'Cept the robots at the dynamo 

And it's worse when I try to remember 

When I think about then and now 

I'd rather see it on the news at eleven 

Sit back, and watch it run straight down 

Run straight down 

Run straight down 

I can see it with my eyes closed 

Run straight down