Songwriter: Cheryl Ernst-Wells
Producer: Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson
I found you throwin' pebbles at a star
And countin' rain drops in a jar
I had forgotten that some people
Really are still dreamin', they are still dreamin'
You never knew what fear was all about
You never felt the hollow ache of doubt
That someday you just maybe without
A next time, without a next time
I wish that I was stronger and able to hold
Without the help of someone weaker, I can mold
Into the person I would like myself to be, to be, to be
I heard a thought moving in it's shell
The sound of stones dropped into a well
And all too soon it was so easy to tell
That I was winning in a game
That I didn't want to play, that I didn't want to play
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
I wish that I was stronger and able to hold
Without the help of someone weaker, I can mold
Into the person I would like myself to be, to be, to be
I don't know where it all began
Where I've been runnin' time and time again
I'm just waitin' for the moment when
I can slow it down, oh, when I can slow it down
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
Runnin', runnin', yeah, runnin'
Won't you help me?
Help me stop runnin' away
Won't you help me?
Help me stop runnin' away, runnin'
And countin' rain drops in a jar
I had forgotten that some people
Really are still dreamin', they are still dreamin'
You never knew what fear was all about
You never felt the hollow ache of doubt
That someday you just maybe without
A next time, without a next time
I wish that I was stronger and able to hold
Without the help of someone weaker, I can mold
Into the person I would like myself to be, to be, to be
I heard a thought moving in it's shell
The sound of stones dropped into a well
And all too soon it was so easy to tell
That I was winning in a game
That I didn't want to play, that I didn't want to play
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
I wish that I was stronger and able to hold
Without the help of someone weaker, I can mold
Into the person I would like myself to be, to be, to be
I don't know where it all began
Where I've been runnin' time and time again
I'm just waitin' for the moment when
I can slow it down, oh, when I can slow it down
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
I just got to stop runnin' away
Runnin', runnin', yeah, runnin'
Won't you help me?
Help me stop runnin' away
Won't you help me?
Help me stop runnin' away, runnin'
more tracks from the album
Diana Ross (1970)
- Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
- Now That There’s You (Alternate vocal version)
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Alternate mix)
- Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes
- Keep an Eye
- Dark Side of the World
- Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow
- Now That There’s You
- Time and Love
- The Interim
- Stoney End
- I Wouldn’t Change the Man He Is
- You’re All I Need to Get By
- Something on My Mind (Live)
- Something on My Mind
- Where There Was Darkness
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You (Alternate mix)
From the album
- Diana Ross (1970) (1970)
Diana Ross popular songs
- I’m Coming Out
- Upside Down
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- It’s Your Move
- If We Hold On Together
- The Boss
- Missing You
- Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- When You Tell Me That You Love Me
- Chain Reaction
- He Lives in You
- Love Hangover
- Touch Me in the Morning
- Do You Know Where Youre Going To
- It’s My House
- I’m Still Waiting
- A Brand New Day
- Always and Forever
- If You’re Not Gonna Love Me Right (Crenshaw Records version)
- Once in the Morning
- That’s How You Start Over
- Love Me (Japanese quadraphonic edition)
- Ain’t Nothin’ But a Maybe