Twenty years with my brain in a book
  Tryin' to find out who I am
  Endless nights and Olympian dreams
  Of a race I never ran
  
  Someone's callin' my name
  It's the crowd in the stands
  Don't know how I became
  What I suddenly am
  
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  I've been searchin' so long
  But the answer is finally at hand
  I'm a marathon man
  
  Wind is gone and my head's in a haze
  But I must keep up the pace
  Got to think about strategy here
  If I hope to win the race
  
  Someone's callin' my name
  It's the crowd in the stands
  Concentrate on the pain
  Put my soul in command
  
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  I've been searchin' so long
  But the answer is finally at hand
  I'm a marathon man
  
  Wasting my youth
  Chasing dreams, testing truth
  Taking turns being deceived
  And deceivin'
  Bound with a rope
  Made of heroes and hope
  Till I found nothin' left
  To believe in
  
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  Marathon man, keep a-runnin'
  I've been searchin' so long
  But the answer is finally at hand
  I'm a marathon man