"Running Kind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers.

It was released in January 1978 as the second and final single from the album, A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today.

The song peaked at number 12 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 10 on the Canadian country singles chart.[

The song was later covered by Radney Foster for the Haggard tribute album Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard. Foster's version was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at number 64 on the U.S. country singles chart.

Johnny Cash also covered the song with Tom Petty on the Unearthed box set.