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 led my self astray

Runaway train, never going 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 worthwile? How on earth did I get so jaded? Life’s mystery 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-dried Day and night, earth and sky Somehow I just don’t believe it

Runaway train, never going 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 A little out of touch, a little insane It’s just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train, never going 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 coming back Runaway train, tearing up the track Runaway train, burning in my veins I run away, but it always seems the same

So ran away another Friday night rocking before the altar of music.

On a Runaway Train. Music report on Soul Asylum's concert coming up!