Blonde hair blowing in the summer wind
A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand
I've been on a trail for a little while
And that was the night that she broke down
And held my hand

The teenage rush, she said:
Ain't we all just runaways?
'Cuz we got time
But that ain't much
We can't wait 'till tomorrow

You gotta know that this is real, baby
Why you wanna fight it?
It's the one thing you can choose

We got engaged on a Friday night
I swore on the head of our unborn child
That I could take care of the three of us
But I got the tendency to slip
When the nights get wild
It's in my blood
She said she might just run away to somewhere else
Some place good
We can't wait 'till tomorrow

You gotta know that this is real, baby
Why you wanna fight it?
It's the one thing you can choose

Let's take a chance, baby, we can't lose
Ain't we all, just runaways

I knew it when I met you
I'm not gonna let you run away

I knew it when I held you
I wasn't letting go

We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams
Hold each other 'till the morning light
We used to laugh now we only fight
Baby, are you lonesome now?

At night I come home after they go to sleep
Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt this house
There's a picture of us on our wedding day
I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls

We can't wait 'till tomorrow

Now we're caught up in the appeal
Baby, why you wanna hide it?
It's the last thing on my mind
I turn the engine over and my body just comes alive

And we're all just runaways
I knew it when I met you
I'm not gonna let you run away

I knew it when I held you
I wasn't letting go

Ain't we all just runaways

Ain't we all just runaways