Runaway Train Songtext
von Soul Asylum

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burnin′
I was a key that could use a little turnin'

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 goin′ back
Wrong way, on a one way track
Seems like I should be gettin' 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 history 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 dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train, never goin' 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 laughin′ at the rain
A little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealin' with the pain

Runaway train, never goin′ 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 comin′ back
Runaway train, tearin' up the track
Runaway train, burnin′ in my veins
I run away, but it always seems the same