Runaway
from Last Chance for Romance by Troup
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lyrics
"Runaway"
I was gonna be a racing driver going hundreds of miles an hour in a fast car around a track.
You were gonna love me till the stars fell from the sky, I was gonna love you girl right back.
I was walking home from work dreaming kicking stones and aching, for your open arms behind my door.
You’d just packed your suitcase and dragged it down my corridor, hightailed back to Brooklyn forevermore.
CHORUS
Oh, she’s just a runaway, where did she go? I thought I knew, I know what I know, what I know.
Hey she’s just a runaway, where did she go, I thought I knew, I know what I know, and I know I don’t know.
Remember we were young we didn’t give a damn, we swam naked in the river man,
I’d have died for you and you’d have killed for me.
You were gonna love me till that riverbed ran dry, I was gonna love you till I die.
When you were fast asleep I used to hold you, just kissing on your shoulder, I breathed a thousand poems in your ear.
So must I wait a lifetime for your love to reappear, I’m getting old and midnight’s nearly here.
CHORUS
Hey so runaway down the line, ‘cause you ain’t no friend of mine, and your wedding bells still chime.
I was gonna be a racing driver going hundreds of miles an hour in a fast car around a track.
You were gonna love me till the stars fell from the sky, I was gonna love you girl right back.
I was gonna be a racing driver going hundreds of miles an hour in a fast car around a track.
You were gonna love me till the stars fell from the sky, I was gonna love you girl right back.
I was walking home from work dreaming kicking stones and aching, for your open arms behind my door.
You’d just packed your suitcase and dragged it down my corridor, hightailed back to Brooklyn forevermore.
CHORUS
Oh, she’s just a runaway, where did she go? I thought I knew, I know what I know, what I know.
Hey she’s just a runaway, where did she go, I thought I knew, I know what I know, and I know I don’t know.
Remember we were young we didn’t give a damn, we swam naked in the river man,
I’d have died for you and you’d have killed for me.
You were gonna love me till that riverbed ran dry, I was gonna love you till I die.
When you were fast asleep I used to hold you, just kissing on your shoulder, I breathed a thousand poems in your ear.
So must I wait a lifetime for your love to reappear, I’m getting old and midnight’s nearly here.
CHORUS
Hey so runaway down the line, ‘cause you ain’t no friend of mine, and your wedding bells still chime.
I was gonna be a racing driver going hundreds of miles an hour in a fast car around a track.
You were gonna love me till the stars fell from the sky, I was gonna love you girl right back.
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from Last Chance for Romance,
released June 27, 2014
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Jun 2014
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