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Time is a Runaway Lyrics

Roll your windows down,
the summer's nearly gone.
And only hours stand between you
and the cold that's coming on.
You count your questions
in the sky lit blue.
And every color there is telling you

Time is a runaway
coming for you
Time is a runaway
coming for you

In my dreams I see in red,
she cannot stay.
The summer leaves you
like the girl who gets away.
And we sit here stranded
in the careless hue.
And every color that is telling you

Time is a runaway
coming for you
Time is a runaway
coming for you
Time is a runaway
coming for you
Time is a runaway
coming for you

And in the morning when I rise, She's coming on to tell me

Time is a runaway
coming for you...

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stoolhardy On May 01, 2007

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by stoolhardy

18y ago

"The summer leaves you like the girl who gets away."

I think that sums up what the entire song is about. The music and the lyrics paint a picture of the time of summer winding down and disappearing, just as you get comfortable with the season. Great early September song.

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