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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter from Port Arthur, Texas. As a youth Joplin was ridiculed by her fellow students due to her unconventional appearance and personal beliefs. She later sang about her experience at school through her song "Ego Rock". Early in her life, Joplin cultivated a rebellious and unconventional lifestyle, becoming a beatnik poet. She began her singing career as a folk and blues singer in San Francisco, playing clubs and bars with her guitar and auto-harp.
Joplin first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour.
Janis Joplin only charted five singles in her life but her hits and other popular songs from throughout her short four year career include "Down On Me", "Bye, Bye Baby", "Coo Coo", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Turtle Blues", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Move Over", "Cry Baby", "A Woman Left Lonely" "Get It While You Can", "My Baby", "Trust Me", "Mercedes Benz", "One Night Stand", "Raise Your Hand" and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee".
There's a hungry road I can only hope's
Gonna eat me up inside
There's a drifting spirit coming clean
In the eye of a lifelong fire
Tell Monday I'll be around next week
I'm running ahead of my days
In the shotgun chance that scattered us
I've seen the error of my ways
Well we've wrapped ourselves in golden crowns
Like sun gods spitting rain
Found a way home written on this map
Like red dye in my veins
In the hardest times that come around
The fear of losing grows
I've lost and seen the world shut down
It's a darkness no one knows
And I've poured out the pleasure and dealt with the pain
Standing in a station waiting in the rain
I'm starting to feel a little muscle again
But love is lost like a runaway train
Oh I'm out of control and out of my hands
I'm tearing like a demon through no man's land
Trying to get a grip on my life again
There's a hungry road, like my lonely hopes, gonna eat me up inside
There's a drifting spirit, coming clean, in the eye of a life born of fire
Tell Monday I'll be round next week, I'm running ahead of my days
In this shotgun chance, that's scared of us, I've seen the error of my ways.
Oh-oh
Woooh-oh
Well we've wrapped ourselves in golden crowns, like sungods spitting rain
Found the way home written on this map, like red dye in my veins
And the hardest of times that come around, the fear of losing grows
I've lost and seen the world shut down, it's a dark lesson no-one knows
(Chorus)
And I've poured out the pleasure, and dealt with the pain
I'm standing in the station, waiting in the rain
I'm starting to feel a little morsel again,
But love is lost like a runaway train.
Well I'm out of control, and out of my head
I'm tearing like a demon in no-man's land
Trying to get a grip on my life again
Nothing hits harder than a runaway train.
(Solo)
Oh-oh
Mmmmm-mmm
And I've poured out the pleasure, and dealt with the pain
I'm standing in the station, waiting in the rain
I'm starting to feel a little morsel again,
But love is lost like a runaway train.
Well I'm out of control, and out of my head
I'm tearing like a demon in no-man's land
Trying to get a grip on my life again
Nothing hits harder than a runaway train.
And I've poured out the pleasure, and dealt with the pain
I'm standing in the station, waiting in the rain
I'm starting to feel a little morsel again,
But love is lost like a runaway train.
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
I 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 a-drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
And everything seems cut and dried,
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
Runaway train
Nothing blooms
In a loveless room
You've got to want it
You've got to want it
Who's the fool
Where apathy rules?
You've got to want it
You've got to want it
If you don't want it
It remains the same
It's a heart of darkness
That wants to play that game
If there's no defiance
It remains insane
If it's all compliance
It's a runaway train
Nothing so cruel
When malevolence rules
You've got to want it
You've got to want it
There is no defence
Against pointed arrogance
You've got to want it
You've got to want it
If you don't want it
It remains the same
It's a heart of darkness
That wants to play that game
It can be surprising
When you lose the shame
And the sun starts rising
Another day to tame
If your heart is aching
Just remove the shame
You've got to want it
Give your soul a shaking
And refuse the blame
You've got to want it
Who's the fool
Where apathy rules?
You've got to want it
You've got to want it
If you don't want it
It remains the same
It's a heart of darkness
That wants to play that game
If there's no defiance
It remains insane
If it's all compliance
Baby our love is, our love is,
Like a runaway train
Baby it won't stop, won't stop,
or slow down for anything
Baby it's big, so strong, love is a powerful thing
Baby our love is, our love is, like a runaway train
Baby our love reminds me, reminds me, of a runaway train.
Baby our love is, our love is, like a hurricane
Baby it won't stop, won't stop, won't slow down for anything
Baby it's so big, so strong, love is a powerful thing
Baby our love is, our love is, like a hurricane
Baby our love reminds me, reminds me, of a hurricane.
Our love is red hot, non-stop, all the way to the top
Now that I been in the middle of this thing
Ain't no way I'm ever gonna go back
Seen everything, I been everywhere,
I didn't leave nothin' that I want back there
Come on, baby lets move this thing
A little farther down the track.
Baby our love is, our love is, like a jet airplane
Baby it won't stop, won't stop, or slow down for anything
Flying so high above, in all the pouring rain
Baby our love is, our love is, like a jet airplane
Baby our love reminds me, reminds me, of a jet airplane.
Our love is red hot, non-stop, all the way to the top
Now that I been in the middle of this thing
Ain't no way, I'm ever gonna go back
I've Seen everything, I been everywhere,
I didn't leave nothin' that I want back there
So Come on, baby lets move this thing
A little farther down the track.
Lady our love is, our love is, like a runaway train
Lady it won't stop, won't stop, or slow down for anything
And this sunshine, some shine, or in pouring rain
Baby our love is, our love is, like a runaway train.
Baby our love reminds me, reminds me, of a runaway train.
Lady our love is, our love is, like a runaway train.
She's up there all alone
I'm down here changing lanes
Her room was dark and cold
I'm listening to the waves
And I'm depending on time , babe
To get you out of my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
She says, "I understand
I'm used to being alone
And holding my own hand
I'm stronger than you know"
And I'm depending on time, babe
To get you out of my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains
Runaway
Don't blame me, babe
And I'm depending on time, babe
To get you out of my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Presently,
the future is in the middle of a love triangle,
With calamity
and me in the corner starting to feel uncomfortable.
Should I douse the spark or fan the flames or merely think of clever things to say?
The more I try to separate, the better it feels to get right in the way.
And I try so hard to get out of the way of that runaway train.
Oh, how I do love the rain.
Oooooooh...
Seems to me that being the middle is starting to get me in trouble.
I tried to run away but they have a talent for making trouble seem enjoyable.
The more I try to separate, the better it feels to get right in the way.
Should I douse the spark or fan the flames or merely think of clever things to say?
And I try so hard to get out of the way of that runaway train.
Oh, how I do love the rain.
Oooooooh...
Runaway train...
Oh oh!
And I try so hard to get out of the way of that runaway train.
Oh, how I do love the rain.
Oooooh...
Headlights on the ceiling as she pulls into the drive
She never says she's coming and she never says goodbye
She's gonna bring the sunshine and she's gonna bring the rain
It's like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
When I was a young'un, my momma used to pray
That I'd find me a Christian girl and settle down someday
But the devil's at the front door and she's calling out my name
It's like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
Runaway train coming down the track
Runaway train and don't come back
Yeah I know what she's doing but right now I don't care
She can be Delilah here to cut off all my hair
Woman's got a hold on me, that I just can't explain
It's like I'm standing at the station and I'm waiting on a runaway train
Runaway train coming down the track
Runaway train and don't come back
In the morning when I wake and find that woman gone
I will swear this time that I am finally moving on
Deep down in my heart I'll know nothing's gonna change
And I'll be standing at the station and waiting on a runaway train
Runaway train coming down the track
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 a-drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
And everything seems cut and dried
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
I run away but it always seems the same
RUNAWAY TRAIN
I'm worried about you
I'm worried about me
The curves around midnight
Aren't easy to see
Flashing red warnings
Unseen in the rain
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
Long-distance phone calls
A voice on the line
Electrical miles
That soften the time
The dynamite too
Is hooked on the wire
And so are the rails
Of American Flyers
Blind boys and gamblers
They invented the blues
Will pay up in blood
When this marker comes due
To try and get off now
It's about as insane
As those who wave lanterns
At runaway trains
Steel rails and hard lives
Are always in twos
I have been here before this
And now it's with you
I'm worried about you
I'm worried about me
We're lighting the fuses
And counting to three
And what are the choices
For those who remain
The sign of the cross
On a runaway train
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
Our love has turned into
Well I fell down on the barroom floor
Well the bartender said don't come in here no more
I passed out in the parking lot
They took one look at me and said look what we got
Well knocked out drunk, passing time
I bought a one ticket on a two way line
How come every single girl I've ever met
Wants to know about things that haven't happened yet
Well making love to you is like a mystery date
I'm always early and you're always late
Things are just never going to be the same
Making love to you is like a runaway train
Illinois central, Southern freight
I'm comin' round a-baby, don't you hesitate
Can't you hear the train coming down the track
Once I'm leaving now, I'm never coming back
Things are just never gonna be the same
Making love to you is like a runaway train
Well making love to you is like a mystery date
I'm always early and you're always late
Things are just never going to be the same
Making love to you is like a runaway train
I don't know but I think I've lost my mind
Every time that I'm with you I hear that train coming down the line
I see the train a-coming and it's right on time
We got a third rail love with a one track mind
Well can't you hear the train a-coming down the track
I ain't stoppin' now, I'm never coming back
Things are just never gonna be the same
Making love to you is like a runaway train
As he sat down upon the train
Silence settled in his brain
He reached out his hand
And touched her hair
He struggled with the
Same old though
Should he tell her
Should he not
He felt her presence
Everywhere
Whatever comes between us
Don't let it stand in your way
This is what he'd come
Here to say
She just smiled
And read a book
Gave him such a
Gentle look
He felt a pain right
Through his chest
He pictured back to
When they met
Open door on a movie set
Her brown eyes took
His breath
And every word she
Spoke to him
Went like a bullet to his
Heart
That's what he remembers
From the start
Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
They'll be rack home again
He sat up through
The hours it takes
Passing through the
Northern lakes
Til the sleeping giant was in his sight
He knew that she'd been drifting some
Wondered where his
Faith had gone
He stayed awake most
Of the night
Whatever makes you happy
I won't stand in your way
Words you hope you never
Have to say
Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
They'll be rack home again
She watched him toss
And try to sleep
Struggle with his
Demons deep
She thought of all
That they'd been through
Imagining her life alone
No where he was
That was home
She wondered if he knew
That every word
He spoke to her
Went like a bullet
To her heart
That's the way it's
Been right from
The start
Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
I'm gonna take you down to the railway
line
I'm gonna take you down to the railway
line
I'm gonna take ya where your heart
won't break ya
And the water tastes like wine
I'm gonna take you down to the railway
line
We won't take money, we won't take the
long way round
We won't take money, we won't take the
long way round
We won't take money, we'll live off
honey
When the train goes underground
We won't take money, we won't take the
long way round
I'll drive faster
You'll hold tighter
I'll get wild
You'll get wilder
I'll make thunder
You'll make rain
We'll go down to the railway train
Clear that track we're coming on down
the line
Clear that track we're coming on down
the line
Clear that track they won't take us
back
They can stick it where the sun don't
shine
Clear that track we're coming on down
Goodbye
Your pocket full of dreams
Your mind in a daze
Keep on chasing rainbows
Fly high
Leave the past behind
The dark road you take bears no escape
In a world of grand illusions
Where love is just a dream
You gotta make your sacrifices
Time to pick your poison
The fool is he who is noble minded
And bellies up to poverty
He's not a king in the world of diamonds
Paling into oblivion
I lay down my soul for glory
I've given a life away
Don't know if I am sorry
Blind me, blind me
Don't know where I'll be going
I gotta get away
From the pain of recollection
Drawn into the faint
Hang on to a runaway train
No turning back
Tethered to a runaway train
Take me away
Torpid in the wind and rain
No turning back
Hang on to a runaway train
Take me away
If I'm a stranger to myself
Then I better gotta stay away
Even better gotta get away, get away
Time to pick my poison
Feel the devil sitting in my neck
Straight ahead into the unknown
Oh father I forgive you for I
Don't know what I'm doing
It's only human nature
To keep away from pain
Take a train to ecstasy oh
Ride on, ride on
Inhale the scent of heaven
Respire the smell of fame
You've been to hell and back
You can't change things anyway, no
I hang on to a runaway train
No turning back
Tethered to a runaway train
Take me away
Torpid in the wind and rain
No turning back
I hang on to a runaway train
Take me away
Reaching out to rule the world
you'll watch the mirror shatter
As you'll be dazzled by the sight
Once only diamonds mattered
How can you justify the way
When you wake up screaming
Will you pretend that you were blind
When you were really seeing
Your image everywhere
The looking glass: a sheet of ice
It's thick enough to dance on
In a frozen realm of lies
But the ice will break
And you will scream repenting
Oh boy the ice will break
You'll just feel your heart rending
Riding on to a world of funny flowers
Riding on to the white wide world
If coming back would hurt my pride
I rather take another ride
Riding on, winter on the mirror
Riding on into the unknown
If I'll awake in pain one day
I gotta catch just one more train
Days gone by
Who'd wanna live forever
On our knees up your road
Paved with good intentions
Fly high
Where angels can't breathe no more
Some dare to go blind
Some stay behind
I hang on to a runaway train
No turning back
Tethered to a runaway train
Take me away
Torpid in the wind and rain
No turning back
I hang on to a runaway train
Take me away
Hang on to a runaway train
No turning back
Tethered to a runaway train
Take me away
Torpid in the wind and rain
in the wind and rain
Well, I sold my guitar for a diamond ring
Yeah the preacher's daughter's got a thing for me
With all of our stuff in a pick up truck
Yeah we're headed out west in a cloud of dust
[Chorus:]
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Like a train comin' off the tracks
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Runaway and never look back
Runaway and never look back
Well, it's a Vegas weddin' at the break of day
By a magistrate dressed in blue suede
Lost all of our cash on a roll of the bones
Had to pawn that ring just to get back home
[Chorus]
In a cheap motel on the county line
Sneakin' back into town in the black of night
I heard the preacher screamin' through the motel door
Yeah he's cursin' my soul in the name of the Lord
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Like a train comin' off the tracks
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Runaway and never look back
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Like a train comin' off the tracks
Runaway baby like a runaway train
Runaway and never look back
Runaway and never look back
(music composed and arranged by Buratto, Messina, Lonobile, Cartasegna, Gianotti, Agate; words by Messina, Buratto, Lonobile)
Blind people, money, law,
Bastards slaves don't even know why...
Power and despair, mind money-polation
Desires guide our actions, do what is right,
So please don't give up, you got the right,
You are on stage to remind you
You got your life,
Live the dark into the night and the light into your eyes
In each moment, with every breathe,
never let the chance go,
that could be the last one
but don't lose the hope,
it's not too late to catch your train for life
Injustice, materiality,
Are not enough for my blood pollution,
You always hear them say:
"Elevate yourself"...fuck...
I see my way tonight,
Chasing the notes of an old melody,
I taste the shades of my sight,
I hear the call,
Call you up in the middle of the night,
Like a firefly without a light,
You were there like a slow torch burning,
Was a key that could use a little turning.
So tired that i couldn't eat or sleep,
So many secrets i couldn't keep,
Promise myself i wouldn't breathe,
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 really,
Have lead myself astray.
Runaway train never going back,
Runaway on a one way track,
Seems like we 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,
Last 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 one way train.
And everything is cold and dry,
Day and night earth and sky,
Somehow i just,
Don't believe it.
(yeah, yeah)
Runaway train never going back,
Runaway 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,
I came back there laughing at the rain,
A little out of touch a little insane,
Just easier than dealing with the pain.
Runaway train never going back,
Runaway on a one way track,
Seems like i should be getting somewhere,
Somehow i'm neither here nor there.
Runaway train never going back,
Runaway train's heading up the track,
Runaway train burning in my veins,
Runaway but it all seems the same.
Got this empty feelin'
Broken soul and I'm not believin' that
She's gone and I'm the fool again
Up high, take me down
The time goes on and my tears hit the ground
And I look back, I find that she's a friend
I'm runnin' fast, I'm gettin' nowhere
And I still remember the smell of your hair
And the way you looked whenever I would hitch a ride
And you were headed south on a runaway train
My life's in pieces like a broken picture frame
Love to hold you, but you long to be free
You need somebody, and I don't think that it's me
You walked away without sayin' a word
I tried to call you, but I guess you never heard
That was me and I was screamin' your name
But you were headed south on this runaway train
I still recall the day we met
The sky was cloudy how could I forget the way you looked in that blue dress
I sit alone in a room of friends and scattered thoughts dance through my head and I wonder if you'd ever love me at all
By my next picture in my head, and I still remember the last thing you said was
I've gotta go, and please don't follow me
And you were headed south on a runaway train
My life's in pieces like a broken picture frame
Love to hold you, but you long to be free
You need somebody, and I don't think that it's me
You walked away without sayin' a word
I tried to call you, but I guess you never heard
That was me and I was screamin' your name
But you were headed south on this runaway train
Yeah you were headed south on a runaway train
My life's in pieces like a broken picture frame
Love to hold you, but you long to be free
You need somebody, and I don't think that it's me
You walked away without sayin' a word
I tried to call you, but I guess you never heard
That was me and I was screamin' your name
But you were headed south on this runaway train
Runaway
Runaway
Its a corner that you turn
Its a lesson that you learn in time
Its a worry that you feel
Another scar that you conceal
From sight
Have I been away too long for me to say?
Have I been away too long for things to change?
From a runaway train
Caught beneath the wheels
Of a runaway train
Every moment of the day
I feel it crumbling away if I
I only have myself to blame
For all the cracks within the frame that I find
From a runaway train
Caught beneath the wheels
Of a runaway train
I know how it feels
To be a runaway train
I hear a fuzzy AM station
As I head toward my chosen damnation
Runaway train, leaving town
Ain't gonna be seen around
Gonna catch that 9:05, get outta this town alive
Soldiers of fortune, paupers of peace
Fight over my soul while I sleep
Rollin' rhythm, ease my mind
Gonna leave this town behind
Last train leavin' town
Ain't gonna be seen around no more
At night I lay in my bed and dream, and hear that lonesome whistle scream
Now the smoke you see ain't from the mill
They're burnin' Vonnegut and Zeppelin on Mount Pleasant Hill
Gonna catch that 9:05
I'm worried about you
I'm worried about me
The curves around midnight
Aren't easy to see
Flashing red warnings
Unseen in the rain
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
Long-distance phone calls
A voice on the line
Electrical miles
That soften the time
The dynamite too
Is hooked on the wire
And so are the rails
Of American Flyers
Blind boys and gamblers
They invented the blues
Will pay up in blood
When this marker comes due
To try and get off now
It's about as insane
As those who wave lanterns
At runaway trains
Steel rails and hard lives
Are always in twos
I have been here before this
And now it's with you
I'm worried about you
I'm worried about me
We're lighting the fuses
And counting to three
And what are the choices
For those who remain
The sign of the cross
On a runaway train
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
This thing has turned into
A runaway train
Our love has turned into
Can I get a minute
And a couple of seconds
Of your time
I know you probably hear
This everyday
No I ain't trying to come up at you
With a slick line
No no just listen to what I gotta say
Just one look at you
And I can tell that we
Click so perfectly
But how can I put into words
The way you make me feel inside
Butterflies, goosebumps, euphoria
Putting my emotions to work
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
Away
Girl I never seen an aura
With a brighter shine
I love the energy you radiate
No I don't wanna push myself
Across your borderline
But I just can't let you slip away
Just one look at you
And I can tell that we
Click so perfectly
But how can I put into words
The way you make me feel inside
Butterflies, goosebumps, euphoria
Putting my emotions to work
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
Away
Runaway runaway
Runaway runaway
Away
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
I wanna love you
So girl if you want to
We can runaway
Baby we can runaway
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 I 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's known Here I am just a-drownin' in the rain With a ticket for a runaway train And everything seems cut and dried, 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
I was riding on a runaway train
She was flying like a seagull
Caught wind and shadow, and I called out for her name
The rock, the bird, the steeple
She was looking for a Saturday dance
I was hoping not to mumble
Just then she took me, and she kissed me in a stance
Guess we're headed for a tumble
Whoa...
We're gonna turn the page
She was looking for a circular event
We were aware of the spiral
And paranoia made us social as cement
We faded in colors and styles
A cup of tea for the Mrs. Little Man
Me, I'll have me a whiskey
You should have seen us when we very first met
The gun, the hat, the risky
Whoa...
Looking back I think she took me for a ride
I thought that I was jiving on the water
Walking side by side
But every drama dreamer never really drowns and dies
'Cause drama dreamers tumble, but we fade
And then we fly high
Repeat first verse
The rock, the bird, the steeple
The rock, the bird, the steeple
Runaway train never going back
One way on a one-way track
Seems like it should be getting somewhere
Someone need to hear the ...........
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
If no-one can help me now
I'm into ...... there's no way out
This time I am really laid
My ............
Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train ......... all the track
Runaway train rolling in my face
Runaway but it'll always be the same
Everybody shake your body
We don't have ........... that body
Keep it doing................. original
I'm questionable but I am a professional
Gotta carry on the way ........ the president
We are alone but I chill with the resident
With my particular style-style, particular
If no-one can help me now
I'm into ...... there's no way out
If no-one can help me now
I'm into ...... there's no way out
Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train ......... all the track
Runaway train rolling in my face
johnny and me we are cool operators
sliding down to the cool, cool water we go
it takes 24 hours to make 25 miles
to the borderline we know
3 hours later out of stonehaven prison
my hands are freezing
and my breath is freezing the air
and if my heart is beating like 100 guns
behind enemy lines, who cares
i wear a ball and chain
i know it has my name
but i ain’t gonna wear it no more
on this runaway train
over the hill far away
with the rain pouring down
on the midnight express
on a highway to hell
no on can pray for me now
will we ever find home
johnny and me on a strange locomotive
there’s no on driving
but we still keep feeling the need
it takes 24 hours to make 25 miles
to the borderline, we need speed
5 hours later out of stonehaven prison
the engines thunder
but there’s nobody on board
and my heart’s still beating like a 100 guns
as the train lifts off and leaves the ground
i wear a ball and chain
i know it has my name
but i ain’t gonna wear it no more
on this runaway train
over the hill far away
with the rain pouring down
on the midnight express
on a highway to hell
no on can pray for me now
on this runaway train
over the hill far away
turning black is the sky
on the nowhere express
we’re halfway to the hell
we’ll have to run ‘till we die
home is the place
where the sun always shines
on you everyday
it’s so far away from hell
it’s a place you can tell
Well I was waiting for you all nite baby
tellin myself what we're doin is crazy
'cuz we both know what we're headed for
your heart belongs to a friend of mine
someone else has got a claim on mine
here we are lying in each others arms tonight
we both know what we're doin is wrong
we cant stop it, we're too far gone
We're out of contol
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
we're only headed one way
theres no turning back
just a matter of time before we crash
out of control
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
Well it started out as a mild flirtation
and grew into this complicated situation
of tangled lies and weak alibies
you got somewhere else that you should be
theres someone out there waiting for me
but for now theres nowhere else we'd rather be
we both know this afair can't last
we're so caught up we're blinded to the past
We're out of control
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
we're only headed one way
theres no turning back
just a matter of time before we crash
out of control
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
Well there's warning signs all around
hit the breaks and I slow it down
we ain't payin no heed
we keep on pickin up steam
Like a runway train
on a dead-end track
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
we're only headed on way
theres not turning back
just a matter of time before we crash
out of control
like a runaway train
on a dead-end track
everyone knew she was gonna be fast
everyone said they could build her to last
10, 000 tons of hurtlin steel
screamin round the curves nobody at the wheel
everyone said don't pay it any mind
there's a pot of gold waitin at the end of the line
just move with the eye of the hurricane
you'll never get off this runaway train
nobody cared when they piled on board
and the doors snapped shut and the engines roared
they pushed to the front
some fell to the back
buyin and sellin every inch of the track
deep in the engines fire in the hole
dark skinned workers shovelin coal
all singin their sad refrain
we'll never get off this runaway train
up in the diner everybody decked out in their finery
can't see the wreck comin up ahead
with their bellies full of wine
it's the last thing going through their minds
so proud of the engine proud of the speed
call for the porter give them everything they need
stare through the glass feel no pain
don't even know they're on a runaway train
long after midnight a pitiful few sound the alarm
don't know what else to do
bangin on the doors of the cabin and crew
hey we gotta slow down or we won't make it through
sleepy riders don't want to wake
or suffer the shock when they put on the brake
don't want to question, don't want to complain
Captured effortlessly Snuck up behind me That moment I wanted to be just by myself Back to the scene of the crime To question myself don't do no good But I'd do it again and again The agony was worth it to me Just like lightning in the distance That quickly she perfected my existence
Feel your body tremble When the tip of my finger touches your skin See your body crumble When I scratch your back and dig my nails in
That night we kissed I forgot what I'd done But I felt like I could walk a tightrope Wrapped around her finger Took just one look to see Her whirl pooling blue eyes Just got the best of me Then she rendered me senseless Intoxicating me, leaving me defenseless I looked up to the sky Now our blood flows together Still I'm mesmerized
Feel your body tremble When the tip of my finger touches your skin See your body crumble When I scratch your back and dig my nails in Feel your body tremble When the tip of my tongue touches your lips See your walls crumble You pick up the pieces and start all over again
You know, I'm tired, you know, I'm weak, I'm so tired, so tired You know, I'm tired, you know, I'm weak, I'm so tired, So tired.
Can't keep me down, no, Not now the hunt is on You can't beat me down, no, Anticipated for so long You can't keep me down I've got the taste I've got the scent You can't beat me down Not from what was heaven scent
Born like everyone with a slate as clean
Baby grew into a boy and started building steam
Boy learned how to blow it off in a dangerous kind of way
Well fellas here he comes that runaway train
Now hear his lonesome cry barrelin' down the track
Out of control his soul dressed in black
Sound to every man that's broken the chain
Rollin rollin rollin like a runaway train
It ain't easy to do your best when life comes at you fast
On his own so early on too young for such a task
Took the bull by the horn sometimes that bull was mean
And only at it stoking on that runaway train
Chorus
Married young and daddy soon his life was right on track
Something rumbled in his soul something that he lacked
He had to chase that melody that fueled a childhood dream
There ain't no holding back that runaway train
Chorus
Rollin rollin rollin like a runaway train
Hmmmmm I here that train a commin
Hmmmmm Hey Porter Ohh Porter
Now I'm not usually one to talk to strangers
But I walked right up to you and said hello
I might be flirting with danger
This might be love but here I go
(Chorus)
I'm on a runaway train
On a hell bent track
Aftr one look I knew
There was no turning back
No jumping off
We're moving way too fast
And I couldn't stop it even if I tried
So I'll just enjoy the ride
I'm on a runaway train
Now you may be this small town's big heart-breaker
Or you may be the mate to my lost soul
Hope I'm not making a mistake here
All aboard for losing all control
(Repeat Chorus)
Now there's no way for us to know
Which way this is gonna go
All we can do is hold on tight
I'm on a runaway train
(Repeat Chorus)
We chased tornadoes on the interstate
In a pickup truck.
We were just playing some stupid game
Some stupid kids made up.
Oh, I guess we thought we knew
The damage they could do.
But I bet we showed them a thing or two,
Me and you.
Runaway freight train sound.
The house turned upside-down.
Runaway freight town sound.
Truer than a one horse town.
The tumbleweeds that summer,
We liked to watch them roll.
We cleared a space in the backseat.
We did it in the road.
We picked up a tumbleweed.
We set it on the floor.
Tearing off your tee-shirt.
We broke the bedroom door.
Runaway freight train sound.
The hosue turned upside-down.
Runaway freight town sound.
Truer than a one horse town.
Standing still in time
We were more than you and I.
Something real and true.
And the wind keeps blowing by.
I hear you in a whisper. I feel you on my skin.
And after all this time I know,
I can't go back again.
Runaway freight train sound.
The house turned upside-down.
Runaway freight town sound.
Truer than a one horse town.
Runaway freight train sound.
The house turned upside-down.
Runaway freight town sound.
Kisha wa yami no naka hashitta
daremo inai basho mezashite
itsu no ma ni ka kasaneta mainichi furi kaerazu hashitta Rail de
nani tsukande nani nakushita? ano goro no mirai wasure sou da ne
kimi wo soko kara tsuredashite Runaway!
nido to nai kono natsu wo kake nukeru 1.2.3 Lights up!
mou ii yo jibun dake semenaide
onaji kimochi kanjiteru
dare ni mo ienai nayami kakae warai nagara kokoro wa kizutsuki
mayoi nagara furue nagara demo jibun no ibasho wo sagashiteru
kimi ga iru nara doko made mo Runaway!
chiisa na hana de ii ja nai makeruna 1.2.3 Lights up!
ushiro wa mukanai houga ii
koukai wa ano sumu sora ni So
Keep ya head up, keep ya head up
kimi ga zutto fuan de iru nara
gutto tsukande
Sing it! Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!
kimi wo soko kara tsure dashite Runaway!
nido to nai kono natsu wo kake nukeru
kimi ga iru nara doko made mo Runaway!
I can't wait to take a look at her face
And look into her eyes if the future it lies
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
I can't wait no more, no I know I won't need to
Stop visualizing cause the future ain't sided with you
With you
You know I'm standing right here, got nothing to lose
I got my foolish pride, got nothing to prove
Oh no
I'm on a runaway train, on this one way track
Mr. Engineer don't pull the brake cause I can't
I won't go back
Oh no
I said I won't go back, Please mister don't change track
I can't take this no more, But really and a truly am I sure
It's been too long, the thing run out of style
How far along, say how many miles does it take girl?
To get to you girl?
It's just like Daniel and the lions, when he came out alive
Tell me what would they require for you to be by my side?
Oh yeah.
I said I won't go back, Please mister don't change track
Nothing Blooms
In A Loveless Room
You've Got To Want It
You've Got To Want It
Who's The Fool
Where Apathy Rules
You've Got To Want It
You've Got To Want It
If You Don't Want It
It Remains The Same
It's A Heart Of Darkness
That Wants To Play That Game
If There's No Defiance
It Remains Insane
If It's All Compliance
It's A Runaway Train
Nothing So Cruel
Where Malevolence Rules
You've Got To Want It
You've Got To Want It
There Is No Defence
Against Pointed Arrogance
You've Got To Want It
You've Got To Want It
If You Don't Want It
It Remains The Same
It's A Heart Of Darkness
That Wants To Play That Game
It Can Be Surprising
When You Lose The Shame
And The Sun Starts Rising
Another Day To Tame
If You're Heart Is Aching
Just Remove The Shame
You've Got To Want It
Give Your Soul A Shaking
And Refuse The Blame
You've Got To Want It
Who's The Fool
Where Apathy Rules
You've Got To Want It
You've Got To Want It
If You Don't Want It
It Remains The Same
It's A Heart Of Darkness
That Wants To Play That Game
If There's No Defiance
It Remains Insane
If It's All Compliance
It's A Runaway Train