Runaway
W/m tim rose

Another girl left home today--ain't it sad you say--
I met her at a truck-stop honky tonk.
Sitting by a window-she was waiting for a friend
I listened to her story of how it all began.

Her daddy left home years ago--her mom too drunk to know
She had a brother killed while overseas--
She was like so many now--a good girl going bad-
When all she really needed was a friend to hold her hand.


Chorus:
Tonight there sits a runaway in a honky tonk somewhere
Nameless-faceless runaway--doesn't anybody care?
The rain will freeze you runaway and get into your bones-
I hope it doesn't kill you before you find a home!


All night long thru the freezin' rain we drove down to LA
I asked her if she had someplace to stay--
She said she had a friend in town and then we said good-bye-
I knew that she was lying--she was lookin' for a place to fly!


(c) flying thorn music, ascap