Met her on a Tuesday Went out on a Friday night Said she was lookin' for a love affair And I was lookin' for a getaway flight So we packed up a bag And hailed up a cab And I grabbed my guitar because It was the only thing that I had Well I learned to travel lightly Babe, livin' alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness can't catch up to me Hey, Hey, Hey So we headed off the mainland With the beating of a drum She turned and smiled and said, honey Where you from? I said I'm from all over But I was born in the wind She turned and smiled and said You're goin' home again Well I learned to travel lightly Livin' alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness can't catch up to me Hey, Hey, Hey Oh I hear that train A comin' around the bend Oh in the morning I'll be Runnin' away again Runnin' away, runnin' away again When she woke up in the morning With the rising sun In her heart she knew I'd be gone But I wrote her a letter With the words to this song She read it on the balcony While the wind was strong Well I learned to travel lightly Cause I was born alone Some say that it's the hard way, mama But it's all that I've known And if I move fast enough, hopefully Oh the darkness won't catch up to me Hey, Hey, Hey