Run big boy Little boy Catch 'em on their way Catch the falling leaves Wait little boy Someday ♪ Children skip through the summer day And spend their youth not having known That winter is just a skip away And somewhere an old man dies alone Live your life as fast as you can There's so many things to be done For soon you'll grow to be a man Run little boy, run Run little boy, run But death flies in on silent wings Suspended in the chilly air And hovers there a ghostly thing Gazing slowly here and there You know he's waiting there for you And you never had your shadow in the sun So stop to see what lies before you and Run little boy, run Run little boy, run And when he finally comes your way He'll bear you off on silent wings On to where no one can say On perhaps to better things Your life is a game And you can win it if you gather all the pieces one by one One stop and you'll never know what's in it now Run little boy, run Run little boy, run One stop and you'll never know what's in it so Run little boy, run Run little boy, run Run fast little boy, run Run, run little boy, run