Billy Joel - Running On Ice Lyrics
There's a lot of tension in this town
I know it's building up inside of me
I've got all the symptoms and the side effects
Of city life anxiety
Is so superior
In a world of high rise ambition
Most people's motives are ulterior
Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice
Paying the price too long
Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong
I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate
The culmination of technology
And civilized experience
But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk
A modern man accumulates
I'm a statistic in a system
That a civil servant dominates
And all that means is that I'm running on ice
Caught in the vise so strong
I'm slipping and sliding, cause I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong
You've got to run
You've got to run
As fast as I can climb
A new disaster every time I turn around
As soon as I get one fire put out
There's another building burning down
They say this highway's going my way
But I don't know where it's taking me
It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race
It's breaking me
I get no traction cause I'm running on ice
It's taking me twice as long
I get a bad reaction cause I'm running on ice
Where did my life go wrong
You've got to run
You've got to run
Running on ice
Running on ice
Running on ice
Running on ice
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Billy Joel Running On Ice Comments
That man was a convicted animal rapist
*Mop the Ice*
God, I was just listening to this when I accidentally pulled out my earbuds and hurt my ears, face and back.
Making our way through The Office (finally) and we got to this episode last night. I honestly had completely forgotten this song. Love it. Someone please tell me the writers of said show figure out sometime soon that with Michael's romances the term 'DunderMILFland' can be worked into an episode somewhere? Please don't tell me the opportunity was missed.
Esta cancion me suena como si la escribió The Police. Hubiera sido exitazo en la voz de Sting.It sounds like a Sting song. Hey but is Billy.He can do anything and still sound good😁👍👍
Mop the ice.
Hockey: The Lighter Side 1988 - brought me here
You think anyone who hasn’t seen Threat Level Midnight is out there shaking their head in confusion at our comments?
hey golden face. *go puck yourself*
NYC life in a nutshell.
There was one problem....
SCARN DIDN'T KNOW A HOCKEY STICK FROM A SLIM JIM
Anybody doing the Michael Scarn to this?
Nope, just me.
If doing scarn is gay, then I'm the biggest queer on earth
This influenced anime music!
God this sucks
Miss Tery u suck
This song was so New Yark in it's time!
hey golden face. _go puck yourself_
OH SH- [Explosions]
Your mentor jeriky jack? Michael, he died...
Where is the bomb golden face
Billy Joel himself really doesn't like this album. Apparently he felt like he had to rush its production bc of pressure from the record label. I quite like it myself.
I love them all! The ONLY song I hate from his ENTIRE collection is "James."
Tribute to Sting
Those drums >>>>
Michigan's theme song in winter
"and then I'm going to dig up his dead wife and hump her real good"
Alec Meyer now I’m going to have some drugs, so don’t try anything
the very first CD I ever bought circa 1986. Still sounds great
This is for you, Cherokee Jack.
(Awkward shot of Michael on an ab cruncher)
The Office
This one is for you Cherokee Jack
Billy doin' his best Police.
Quodaax I like your analogy, and appreciate your appreciation for music...
Never thought of it like that, at all, in 30 years, but now that you mention it, you've got a solid point...
Thanks!
🍻🍻
Ha I was thinking the same thing
So obvious. Even the sting impersonation
Cherokee Jack: [Creed wearing a tunic and carrying a mop, standing with Michael in front of an ice rink] Mop the ice.
Michael: I'm not here to learn how to mop, I'm here to learn how to play hockey.
Cherokee Jack: Mop it. [A montage of Michael mopping the ice awkwardly and using an ab-cruncher, and slowly getting better. After a little while, Cherokee Jack Slams a hockey stick on the ice to stop Michael, then offers it to him] Now take this.
Michael: What am I supposed to do with this?
Cherokee Jack: Mop. [a montage shows Michael sliding around the ice skillfully and hitting the puck into the goal]
Autumn 1986. I remember it well.
Jokes on you. That man was a wanted animal rapist
This time its personal
looks like there's gonna be a clean up on aisle 5
oh my lordie
Just love his music
Magnifico my childhood music and I'm 40 now.
Bill Joel on hieno artisti.
Suena un poco a The Police...
la peli de michael
Michael scarn anyone?
+Margaret Thatcher Go puck yourself!
This song has been stuck in my head for this exact reason lol
Just saw that episode last night!!! Thanks Netflix!
He didnt know a hockey stick from a slim jim
sounds like a bar mitzvah band
@methus57 not a troll...saying it like it is...this album sucked then and it sounds worse and dated now...i love billy...have seen many many of his tours over the decades....love all of his other albums..but this one was dreadful
@Dean Martin Maybe you're not a troll & i'll agree that synth heavy songs like this one do sound dated but if you can't find even one good thing to like about this album, you need to get your ears checked. Especially the tracks: "This is the Time" & "Matter of Trust". Those are classics for all time & among Billy's very best work.
You mean Billy's most dated sounding album as in like the 1980s when it actually came out?
Whatever next, Elvis, Sinatra and er, Dean Martin sound dated too?
+Dean Martin Sorry but it's a good album.....not my favorite Billy Joel album...but still good. This song is also pretty good....again not my #1 favorite Billy Joel songs but still enjoyable and better then a lot of other pop songs out there.
Dean Martin I'll say that this wasn't one of his best ablums but I quite enjoyed it. Oh and Billy's actually Jewish so I don't know if you knew that when writing the bar mitzvah thing.
awful sting rip off....garbage
@Dean Martin stfu
You already told us how you feel about the album. Why do you keep coming back to this video if you hate it so much?
I like it!! Thank you.
We're gonna need a cleanup on aisle 5*
Mop the ice.
We're gonna need a cleanup on aisle 3.
*aisle 5 😂😂
This track let's everyone know how bad ass of a drummer Liberty really is!
Liberty DeVitto's percussion work on this piece is off the chart! Doggone shame he isn't with the band anymore.
Obviously inspired by Sting. I think Billy leans Democrat but he's speaking individulism. Paging Reince Preibus.
This song is so perfect, I'm surprised no one has take this song and put some footage of the 2014 Atlanta Ice Storm Traffic Jam to it.
@Bob Barnwell I live in Michigan & this could be our theme song every winter. Haha.
@Tobias Chance I see your point.
How could anyone NOT appreciate this song?
love you "Mr,
Billy Joel never, ever, ever ceases to amaze.