When you hear a loud noise
You should start running
Run before you know what's happening
By the time you know what's happening
It'll be too late
So run
Run is the best advice I can give
The simplest
The most straightforward
And although in movies
You'll scream at the characters
When they forget to run
Believe me when I say
You'll forget the same way
Because shock is a rarely experienced phenomena
And so you'll stand there
And somewhere an audience will scream at you
'Run, run!'
But you won't
Unless you train yourself
Unless you tell yourself to
Over and over again
Until it becomes instinctual
Learn to sleep immediately
Don't drift off
Don't fade into it
Drop, drop into sleep
Like you would a hole
A hiding place
And be able to come out of it
Just as fast
Believe that everything
Is a lie
Even when proven true
It'll allow you to step more cautiously
Tread lightly, speak softly
Even the truth stops being true
After awhile
And this is something
Grown-ups accent
When people try to help you, refuse
But if you can't refuse
Ask yourself what the price of the help will be
Ask yourself how much
You're willing to owe
Walk barefoot when you come
Teach your body to adjust
To cold and heat
Rain and thirst
Starvation
What would break anyone else
Has to be your average Tuesday afternoon
Or you just won't make it
You just won't
Now get some sleep
We're crossing into Tennessee tomorrow
Gotta head for warmer weather
Just in case
It won't always be like this, you know
I'm going to prepare you for a long haul
Because most of those skills are nice to have
Even when times are good
But God willing, you won't need most of 'em
God willing
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