This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
On the street where you live
Girls talk about their social lives
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint
A touch of sable in their eyes
(All your life) all your life all you've asked
When's your daddy gonna talk to you?
But you were living in another world
Trying to get your message through
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes
What was going around your head
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Take a line line every night
Guaranteed to blow your mind
I see you out on the streets
Calling for a wild time
So you sit home alone
'Cause there's nothing left that you can do
There's only pictures hung in the shadows
Left there to look at you
You know she likes the lights
At night on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind
It's only love she hoped to find
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes (seen it in your eyes)
What was going around your head
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
Girls talk about their social lives
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint
A touch of sable in their eyes
(All your life) all your life all you've asked
When's your daddy gonna talk to you?
But you were living in another world
Trying to get your message through
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes
What was going around your head
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Take a line line every night
Guaranteed to blow your mind
I see you out on the streets
Calling for a wild time
So you sit home alone
'Cause there's nothing left that you can do
There's only pictures hung in the shadows
Left there to look at you
You know she likes the lights
At night on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind
It's only love she hoped to find
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes (seen it in your eyes)
What was going around your head
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Oh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Runaway Lyrics as written by Jon Bon Jovi George Nick Karakoglou
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Great version of a great song,
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In my belife, you are all wrong. It's about a teenage girl who wants to go out on her own/with her friends, unescorted by an adult but her parents won't let her. She is sick of hearing the stories of other girls her age talking about how they have all the freedom in the world to go where they want without their parents, or any adult for that matter. When it says "They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint" it obviously means she obviously wants to wear make-up, fake nails and all of that junk, but again isn't allowed to do what the other girls her age are allowed to do. She probably also wants to swear, but not allowed when it says "Daddy's girl learned fast All those things he couldn't say" There are many refrences in the song when it talks about her trying to tell her parents that she wants to be liberated in all the aspects I have listed above, but never could, so she created a world of her own, which she lives talking to herself about how she feels and she was communicating with people she made up, bhoping one would one day come to life and to her parents the things she never had the courage to tell them, but is very disappointed that this will never happen. In the end she ends up running away from home, but everyone was wandering why she ran away because she couldn't handle it any more, and everyone was wandering what was going on because she never appeared sad which is why it says "No one heard a single word you said They should have seen it in your eyes What was going around your head" and she could (obvioulsy) no longer get income from her parnets