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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Performer
Dave Pirner
Dave Pirner
Guitar
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Hammond Organ
Daniel Murphy
Daniel Murphy
Guitar
Karl Mueller
Karl Mueller
Bass
Grant Young
Grant Young
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Pirner
Dave Pirner
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Michael Dill
David Michael Dill
Assistant Engineer
Craig Doubet
Craig Doubet
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn
Producer
Steve Sisco
Steve Sisco
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Bruce Ross
Bruce Ross
Additional Engineer
Bill Smith
Bill Smith
Assistant Engineer
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen
Additional Engineer
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
Engineer
Joseph M. Palmaccio
Joseph M. Palmaccio
Mastering Engineer
Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Wally Traugott
Wally Traugott
Mastering Engineer
Dan Gellert
Dan Gellert
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on Earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am, just drowning in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
And everything seems cut and dry
Day and night
Earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train tearing up the track
Runaway train burning in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same
Written by: Dave Pirner

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