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 lead myself astray

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


can you help me remember how to smile?
make it somehow all seem worthwhile

how on earth did i get so jaded?
life's mysteries seem so faded
i can go where noone else can go

i know what no one else knows
here i am just 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 laughing at the rain
little out of touch, little insane
it's just easier than dealing 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