Midnight Runaway Songtext
von The Dirty Hooks

Rollin′ like a ghost
I'm a midnight runaway
Back against the wall
Now I ain′t got no other way out
Just gotta make it somehow
Speeding like a car
In a bank heist getaway
Chasin' down a dream
That I can't seem to ever wake from
Don′t bet on morning to come
Sweat me like a dog
In a blacktop heat wave
Bloody up my nose
And expect me to smile and behave
Sit, smile and behave


Oooh but when I pick up the pieces
There′s no peace of mind
Only way I'm runnin′
Is out of time
This town's a dust-dream dyin′
Gotta leave it behind

That little girl
She got a hold on me
Her snapshot on the dash ridin' shotgun
Keepin′ me company
Flyin' down the highway she's smilin′ at me
Drifting like an ember
On a campfire breeze
I don′t know where it's blowin′
But I'm goin′ just as far as she'll take me
A drifting burnin′ debris
Momma I tried
I tried to do right
But I can't understand
Just why, just why, why I ain't
Why I ain′t right


But when I pick up the pieces
There′s no peace of mind
Only way I'm running
Is out of time
This town′s a dust-dream dyin'
Gotta leave it behind
Leave it behind
Leave it behind
Leave it behind

Livin′ in and out of pocket
Like a roadside prophet with my
My pockets inside-out
Moan blue collar-blues
And swear I paid my dues but I
I still ain't figured it out
I gotta move it on
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh-ooh ooh ooh

When I pick up the pieces
There′s no piece of mind
Only way I'm runnin' is
Out of time
This town′s a dust-dream dyin′
Gotta leave it, leave it, leave it
Gotta leave it behind
Leave it behind
Gotta leave it behind
Gotta leave it behind
Gotta leave it behind
Leave it behind
Gotta leave it behind
Gotta leave it behind