Took a heartbreak off the coast of maine

Came up short and I tried again

Then new york stole the heart right off my sleeve

Fell asleep with a broken wheel

And something kept me rolling still

Both eyes closed waiting for the american dream.

Yeah, I'm runnin' just as fast as my heart can

Some call me a fool and some just call it restlessness

But I keep on runnin'

Changing tires and changing plans

I call it my pursuit of happiness.

Found a song in carolina

Left a tip at every diner

Always running late on eastern time

Put a hundred in the offering plate

And wondered if those pearly gates

Would open if I found the perfect rhyme.

Yeah, I'm runnin' just as fast as my heart can

Some call me a fool and some just call it restlessness

But I keep on runnin'

Changing tires and changing plans

I call it my pursuit of happiness.

It's a stranger, it's a dollar, it's my name on a big marquee

It's a million miles away, and it's right in front of me.

Yeah, I keep on runnin' just as fast as my heart can

Some call me a fool and some just call it restlessness

But I keep on runnin'

Changing tires and changing plans

I call it my pursuit of happiness.

Yeah, it's all just my pursuit of happiness.