“So is this it?” she said. “Is this all there is?”
She said, “I can’t tell you where we are,
Or what it is that you’ve been looking for,
Or running from.”
I said I’ll admit that I don’t know
But I’ve got this feeling that we’re getting close,
Oh I suppose,
That somewhere out beyond this scene,
There’ll be a place where we can breath,
If we stay on track,
And we don’t look back,
Because I’m tired of waking up alone,
And drifting around here on my own.
Run away, run away,
Won’t you meet me in the morning?
We could hide out for a while.
So what do you say, we’ll run away?
We could sit and watch the sun rise,
God knows I can’t wait till then.
So I took all I could afford,
Figured I’d quit when I got bored.
And I drove all the way from St. Louis,
To see Santa Fe and all the miles in between.
I wish you’d gone with me.
We’d watch the sun slip below the Horizon,
Sit on the edge of a desert canyon just to feel alive.
Like we’d finally arrived.
Looking back it makes me wonder,
If I’d asked you then,
Would you have gone with me?
Took that ride with me?
Janie I think that you’d agree,
I could've used some company.
Run away, run away,
Won’t you meet me in the morning?
We could hide out for a while.
So what do you say, we’ll run away?
We could sit and watch the sun rise,
God knows I can’t wait till then.
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