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Runaway Lyrics
Everyone needs a place to run away, run away
Summer night, moonlit sky
Tearing pages from a magazie she cries
"I don't wanna be the lonely one tonight"
She said, "I came to this place, full of dreams
Young and innocent and only 16
Now I wonder why they call it paradise"
So she runs
And she hides
And she dries the tears from her eyes
And the night goes on and on and on
She's in the twilight zone (twilight zone)
Yeah, you've gotta run, run, run away
It's such a long way home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
Perfect day, feels like spring
Can see forever but you can't see anything
Now I wonder why they call it paradise
It's a crime, it's a shame
And they won't remember your name
And your life goes on and on and on
It's like the twiligt zone (twilight zone)
Yeah, you gotta run, run, run away
But she won't go home
So she's gotta run, run, run away
She came from a small town
So tired of getting pushed around
In the dark of the night, no one around
She'll run from this shabby town, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a laugh, it's a game
Don't you let it drive you insane
'Cause your life goes on and on and on
It's like the twilight zone (twilight zone)
Yeah, you gotta run, run, run away
But she won't go home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
She's in the twlight zone (twilight zone)
Yeah you gotta run, run, run away
It's such a long way home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
Tearing pages from a magazie she cries
"I don't wanna be the lonely one tonight"
She said, "I came to this place, full of dreams
Young and innocent and only 16
Now I wonder why they call it paradise"
And she hides
And she dries the tears from her eyes
And the night goes on and on and on
Yeah, you've gotta run, run, run away
It's such a long way home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
Can see forever but you can't see anything
Now I wonder why they call it paradise
And they won't remember your name
And your life goes on and on and on
Yeah, you gotta run, run, run away
But she won't go home
So she's gotta run, run, run away
So tired of getting pushed around
In the dark of the night, no one around
She'll run from this shabby town, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't you let it drive you insane
'Cause your life goes on and on and on
Yeah, you gotta run, run, run away
But she won't go home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
Yeah you gotta run, run, run away
It's such a long way home
When it hurts so bad you gotta run, run, run away
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I can't believe nobody commented on this yet. THIS is one of Damn Yankee's best songs.
Yeah, I can't believe there hasn't been a comment in almost three years for this one! This has to be the best DY song; "High Enough" is a close second.
Sounds to me like this song is about a runaway girl who enters a life of prostitution, in the same vein as "Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry/Reba.