Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Stepping out of the shade
Wanna bathe in the light
They're giving us a bad name
Being good never felt quite right

I know there's someplace better
Far away from here, we're gold
As long as we're together
Hey, yeah-yeah

We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Top down, no doubt
We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Break out the blue horizon

We'll never settle, pedal to the floor
Got every day to live for
We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Oh, yeah, born to run away

We're living in color
Yesterday was black and white
No more looking over my shoulder
We'll be in paradise

I know there's someplace better
Far away from here, we're gold
As long as we're together
Hey, yeah-yeah

We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Top down, no doubt
We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Break out the blue horizon

We'll never settle, pedal to the floor
Got every day to live for
We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Oh, yeah, born to run away

And we'll drive through the night
Following the moonlight
I'll be right by your side

We were born to run away, ooh-yeah-yeah (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Top down, no doubt
We were born to run away, away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Break out the blue horizon

We'll never settle, pedal to the floor (no, no)
Got every day to live for (ooh)
We were born to run away (whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Oh, yeah, born to run away

(Runaway) oh, yeah-yeah-yeah
Runaway with me (runaway)
Runaway with me
Born to run away


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Runaway Lyrics as written by William Hort Mann Alecia Moore

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    Its one of the best songs that pink could ever write!! And it relates so much with my life.. sometimes all you want to do is to runaway because nothing makes sense anymore, you want something bigger for you, you want to feel free but most important you want to be yourself And that is exactly one of the things that i most love about pink she is always herself!!! and she never pretends to be something that she is not

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