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Artist: Kim Carnes
Canonical path: /carnes-kim/runaway
Related lyric paths: 6
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Runaway
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Runaway
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I wanna be a runaway
Run, run, runaway
Fly like a bird
Like a white-winged dove
Wanna be a runaway
Oh, oh, runaway
Till I find somebody to love
I wanna dance with the ocean at high tide
Feel the power of the waves
Heal what's broke inside
I wanna swim in the fountain
In the middle of the square
At the bottom of the Spanish steps
Wishin' you were here
Oh, I'd go drivin' down a two lane highway
Chasin' wild trains
And all this baggage in the rear view mirror
Would slowly fall away
I wanna be a runaway
Run, run, runaway
Fly like a bird
Like a white-winged dove
Wanna be a runaway
Oh, oh, runaway
Till I find somebody to love
Wanna be a bird in the lowlands
Where the grass is high
And when the wind starts chillin'
You can bet I'd fly
Be a twig on the river
In the valley of the Moon
I'd float on top at the mercy
Of the current and go anywhere soon
With freedom's kingdom layin' at my feet
I'd stand real still and all the tears
I ever cried for you
Would finally disappear
With freedom's kingdom layin' at my feet
I'd stand real still and all the tears
I ever cried for you
Would finally disappear
I wanna be a runaway
Run, run, runaway
Fly like a bird
Like a white-winged dove
Wanna be a runaway
Oh, oh, runaway
Till I find somebody to love
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