Runaway

I wanna go to a new town

One with no memories hangin' around

And nothin' there to drag me down

But my own cross that I've made

And find work down at the Labor Ready

It ain't good, boys, and it ain't steady

But I can leave any time I'm ready

Any day now I'll draw my pay

I was born a runaway

Leaving comes natural, that's what they say

I guess I never had the mind to pay

To stayin' nowhere long

Primer grays and sun-bleached golds

The motor's tired but the air blows cold

Turn her down some desert road

And redline it 'til she's done

Gettin' on down at the local bar

Tellin' lies on an old guitar

No last names, no Christmas cards

No one wonderin' where I've gone

I was born a runaway

Leaving comes natural, that's what they say

I guess I never had the mind to pay

To stayin' nowhere long

I was born a runaway

Leaving comes natural, that's what they say

I guess I never had the mind to pay

To stayin' nowhere long

I was born a runaway

After fourteen years, I did one day

I guess I never had the heart to stay

And do right by my wrongs