Blonde hair blowing in the summer wind A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand I'd been on her trail for a little while But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand A teenage rush She said, "Ain't we all just runaways? We got time" But that ain't much We can't wait 'til tomorrow You gotta know that this is real, baby Why you wanna fight it? It's the one thing you can choose, oh We got engaged on a Friday night I swore on the head of our unborn child That I could take care of the three of us But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild It's in my blood He said she might just run away somewhere else Someplace good We can't wait 'til tomorrow You gotta know that this is real, baby Why you wanna fight it? It's the one thing you can choose Let's take a chance, baby, we can't lose Ain't we all just runaways? I knew it when I met you I'm not gonna let you run away I knew it when I held you I wasn't letting go We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams Hold each other 'til the morning light We used to laugh, now we only fight Baby, are you lonesome now? At night I come home after they go to sleep Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls There's a picture of us on our wedding day I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls We can't wait 'til tomorrow Oh, we're caught up in the appeal, baby Why you wanna hide it? It's the last thing on my mind (Why you wanna hide it?) I turn the engine over and my body just comes alive Ain't we all just runaways? I knew it when I met you I'm not gonna let you run away I knew it when I held you I wasn't letting go Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Ain't we all just runaways? Yeah, runaways Ain't we all just runaways? Yeah

Only a quitter Would let it go I'm your fool in a one-man show I was so bitter 'Til you came along You set my sails when the tide was low We're going down this road With tears in our rear view mirror Far from home But in the dark, you'll know With me you've got nothing to fear So let's run away They will have to find another heart to break Why don't we just run away? Never turn around, no matter what they say We'll find our way When the sun goes down On this town There'll be no one left, but us Just like runaways They will have to find some other hearts to break, hearts to break Out in the distance Lost in the fold We trace our steps to a great unknown Bury our toes Where the ocean meets the sand We hide ourselves right where we stand We're going down this road With tears in our rear view mirror Far from home But in the dark, you know With me you've got nothing to fear So let's run away They will have to find another heart to break Why don't we just run away? Never turn around, no matter what they say We'll find our way When the sun goes down On this town There'll be no one left, but us Just like runaways They will have to find some other hearts to break, hearts to break They won't catch us in the dark Roll like thunder, burn like stars Run away They will have to find another heart to break, heart to break... So let's run away They will have to find another heart to break Why don't we just run away? Never turn around, no matter what they say We'll find our way When the sun goes down On this town There'll be no one left, but us Just like runaways They will have to find some other hearts to break, hearts to break

(C. currie/k. fowley/steven t.) Out here in the smokey places Looking into those empty faces Short wave says we made the dial I'm wired for ten million miles Making midnight music Singing rock and roll songs Living midnight music Just to get along Back here in this cold hotel I'm bored but you can tell Your smile said we did ok I'm glad we had a chance to play Making midnight music Singing rock and roll songs Living midnight music Just to get along From the plane I see the back roads Your twilight cities your super towns From the stage I see the drifters Lost souls who ain't been found Out there in the five buck seats We live inside your own heartbeats We share the falls you take Everything feels like it's just bout to break Making midnight music Singing rock and roll songs Living midnight music Just to get along

I can't go like this forever Stuck in the ditch counting each letter In her name on my arm It just started to snow today But it didn't feel like all that much changed Stuck under the gray skies I evaporate Woah oh oh (Woah) There's a secret I can't tell Ooh Stich me up, They can't see I'm a mess really Just ask the shadows in my dreams How I do. While I wait, For the stars To align sometime I'm watching them fall out of the sky I feel so lost I think I'm hopeless Hopeless Hopeless I'm lost here again today In this wasteland of memories And it stings in this shot reality But I'll be fine, Oh Cause the room starts spinning when she walks in Taking my breath away I'm dead again I feel weightless Love and I hate it But she's my medicine Stich me up, They can't see I'm a mess really Just ask the shadows in my dreams How I do. While I wait, For the stars To align sometime I'm watching them fall out of the sky I feel so lost I think I'm hopeless Hopeless (Woah oh oh) Cause the room starts spinning when she walks in Taking my breath away I'm dead again I feel weightless Love and I hate it But she's my medicine And my head starts spinning as I start to think Of how her bangs bounce up and down when she blinks I feel weightless Love and I hate it But she's my medicine Stich me up, They can't see I'm a mess really Just ask the shadows in my dreams How I do. While I wait, For the stars To align sometime I'm watching them fall out of the sky I feel so lost I think I'm hopeless Stich me up, They can't see I'm a mess really Just ask the shadows in my dreams How I do. While I wait, For the stars To align sometime I'm watching them fall out of the sky I feel so lost I think I'm hopeless Hopeless Hopeless

I heard you say (say) Just stay (stay) Don't you ever (ever) Walk away... ya I've never been one to wish on a star That screams across the sky And makes you wonder how far Above it is if I tried I'd never reach it But I heard you say (say) Just stay (stay) Don't you ever (ever) Walk away... ya Don't you ever ever walk away You were the one to risk it all for a chance That when you reach out I just might take your hand So take me far away Could I live another way (away) And I heard you say (say) Just stay (stay) Don't you ever (ever) Walk away You heard me say (say) Just wait (wait) How can I accept this anyway I've never been one to wish on a star That screams across the sky and makes you wonder how far You were the one to risk it all For a chance that I'll take your hand And I heard you say (say) Just stay (stay) Don't you ever (ever) Walk away... hey Well I couldn't have it any other way I heard you say just stay Don't you ever walk away You heard me say I will stay Cause I couldn't have it any other way I could never ever walk away

When you looked at me Could you see inside and feel The way I did? I broke their more with every word you said And what once left me wondering How life could possibly be better? It all came crashing down Faster than my darkest nightmare Tongue-tied and all twisted up inside Waiting for the words that I can't find I know we took a shot But now it's goodbye I miss the X's and O's Just knowing that I'm all yours Guess there's a time to be special and a time to be alone I'll never Forget the way Your eyes they looked up at me Oh but somewhere you lost the magic that we Used to be (X's and O's) (X's and O's) I remember That first moment That first day! I was yours and you were mine It was the prettiest thing But That was then And this is now! A screaming heart And two bloodshot eyes pouring out! Why!? Tongue-tied, I'm tongue-tied again I miss the X's and O's Just knowing that I'm all yours Guess there's a time to be special and a time to be alone I'll never Forget the way Your eyes they looked up at me Oh but somewhere you lost the magic that we Used to be I'll fight this more than you know Do all I can to let go Time to accept the fact that You don't even want me back!! You don't even want me! Back! I miss the X's and O's Just knowing that I'm all yours Guess there's a time to be special Now it's time to be alone I miss the X's and O's Just knowing that I'm all yours Guess there's a time to be special and a time to be alone I'll never Forget the way Your eyes they looked up at me Oh but somewhere you lost the magic that we Used to be (X's and O's) (X's and O's)