The Runaway

Lyrics

She packed her things in a carpet bag She left home, never looking back Taking care to cover up her tracks Stopping over 'till she made a wage Telling no-one she was under age A number on a missing persons page Rings on her finger, paint on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes On her transistor radio Runaway, runaway Runaway, runaway Darkness falls and finds her on her own The sparkling highway just keeps rolling on She's a thousand miles from homе Dropping coins into a telephone All that answеrs is a ringing tone Sometimes it feels the whole world's not at home Rings on her finger, paint on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes On her transistor radio Runaway, runaway (Runaway) county lines, an APB Nothing stops her being free (Runaway) she will wander where she pleases (Runaway) her folks will always wonder why She never stopped to say goodbye (Runaway) and back at home, they sit and sigh (Runaway) A steady job, a nice young man They thought they had a future planned (Runaway) they could never, ever understand Midnight comes, and they hope she's safe All that comes for the small town girl (Runaway) she don't fit in the small-town world