Lyrics

Fall wind cut through after practice
Leaves skippin’ down the brick
Virginia sky wide open
Clouds movin’ in quick

I pulled my jacket tighter
Said, man, let’s get home
He just smiled, shook his head—
I don’t run

Said it was one of the few damn things
He kept from his old man

He don’t run
Not from rain
Not when the sky turns dark again
He slows his step
Lets it come
He don’t run

He don’t run

Years went by like they always do
Clear till they ain’t
That afternoon my phone lit up
Said he had somethin’ to say

Voice steady like it always was
Like it was any day
I just wanted you to know I love you…
In case.

I said it back before I could think
Like it might slip away

He don’t run
Not from rain
Not when the sky turns dark again
He slows his step
Lets it come
He don’t run

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Line went quiet
Room stood still
I stared at my reflection
In that window sill

Thought about that brick
Thought about that rain
How he never hurried
Through the pain

He don’t run
Not from rain
Not from what he can’t explain
He slows his step
Lets it come

He don’t run

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Outro
Ohhhh
He don’t run