[Intro]
       
 
[Verse]
             
In the day we 

              
sweat it out o

              
n the streets 

             
of a runaway A

       
merican dream
             
At night we ri

              
de through the

              
 mansions of g

             
lory in suicid

      
e machines
             
Sprung from ca

       
ges on highway

 9
            
Chrome wheeled

              
, fuel injecte

           
d, and steppin

              
' out over the

        
 line... OOOH!
             
Baby this town

           
 rips the bone

s from your ba

ck
            
It's a death t

            
rap, it's a su


icide rap
             
We gotta get o

              
ut while we're

 
 young
             
'Cause tramps 

             
like us, baby 

              
we were born t

                     
o run
      
Wendy let me i

n I wanna be y

our friend
             
I want to guar

              
d your dreams 

    
and visions
     
Just wrap your

 legs 'round t

hese velvet ri

ms
             
and strap your

              
 hands 'cross 

   
my engines
             
Together we co

    
uld break this

 trap
            
We'll run till

             
 we drop and b

#            
aby we'll neve

            
r go back... O


OOH!
             
Will you walk 

              
with me out on

     
 the wire
            
'Cause baby I'

              
m just a scare

      
d and lonely r

ider
             
But I gotta kn

          
ow how it feel

s
          
I want to know

 if love is wi

ld
             
Babe I want to

              
 know if love 

           
is real       

             
Oh can you sho

   
w me...
             
Beyond the Pal

              
ace hemi-power

          
ed drones scre

am down the bo

ulevard
        
Girls comb the

ir hair in rea

rview mirrors
        
And the boys t

ry to look so 

hard
    
The amusement 

park rises bol

d and stark
         
Kids are huddl

ed on the beac

h in a mist
        
I wanna die wi

th you Wendy o

n the street t

onight
      
In an everlast

ing kiss
             
The highway's 

              
jammed with br

              
oken heroes on

             
 a last chance

       
 power drive
    
Everybody's ou

t on the run t

onight
             
but there's no

              
 place left to

 
 hide
             
Together Wendy

        
 we can live w

ith the sadnes

s
            
I'll love you 

             
with all the m

#            
adness in my s

      
oul... OOOH!
             
Someday girl I

 
 don't know wh

en
            
we're gonna ge

t to that plac

e
           
Where we reall

         
y want to go
              
and we'll walk

        
 in the sun
              
But till then 

  
tramps like us
             
baby we were b

             
orn to run
             
baby we were b

             
orn to run
        
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh