Walkaway Joe

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Mama told her baby, "Girl, take it real slow" Girl told her mama, "Hey, I really gotta go He's waitin' in the car" Mama said, "Girl, you won't get far" [Verse 2] Thus are the dreams of an average Jane Ninety miles an hour down a lover's lane On a tank of dreams Oh, if she could have only seen [Pre-Chorus] But fate's got cards that it don't wanna show [Chorus] And that boy's just a walkaway Joe Born to be a leaver, tell you from the word go Destined to deceive her, he's the wrong kind of paradise She's gonna know it in a matter of time That boy's just a walkaway Joe [Verse 3] Now just a little while into Abilene Pulls into a station and he robs it clean She's waitin' in the car Underneath the Texaco star [Verse 4] She only wanted love, didn't bargain for this She can't help but love him for the way he is She's only seventeen And there ain't no reasoning [Pre-Chorus] So she'll ride this ride as far as it can go [Chorus] 'Cause that boy's just a walkaway Joe Born to be a leaver, tell you from the word go Destined to deceive her, he's the wrong kind of paradise She's gonna know it in a matter of time That boy's just a walkaway Joe [Verse 5] Somewhere in a roadside motel room Alone in the silence, she wakes up too soon And reaches for his arms But she'll just keep reachin' on [Pre-Chorus] For the cold hard truth revealed what it had known [Chorus] That boy's just a walkaway Joe Born to be a leaver, tell you from the word go Destined to deceive her, he's the wrong kind of paradise But it was just another lesson in life That boy was a walkaway Joe [Outro] All he was was a walkaway Joe Ooh, walkaway Joe Ooh, he was a walkaway Joe Ooh, walkaway Joe Yes, he was a walkaway Joe