[Intro]
     (x2)

[Verse 1]
             
In the day we 

              
sweat it out i

              
n the streets 

         
of a runaway A

        
merican dream
             
At night we ri

              
de through man

              
sions of glory

       
 in suicide ma

chines
         
Sprung from ca

           
ges out on hig

#             
hway 9   Chrom

  
e wheeled  fue

l injected
          
and steppin' o

             
ut over the li

      
ne.   Ohhhhh
         
Baby this town

          
 rips the bone

              
s from your ba

           
ck  it's a dea


th trap
          
it's a suicide

              
 rap  we gotta

             
 get out while

       
 we're young
             
Cause tramps l

             
ike us  baby w

              
e were born to

  
 run

[Chorus]
      (x2)

[Verse 2]
             
Hey Wendy let 

              
me in I wanna 

              
be your friend

           
 I want to gua

            
rd your dreams

     
 and visions
             
Just wrap your

              
 legs 'round t

              
hese velvet ri

         
ms and strap y

              
our hands acro

      
ss my engines
         
and together w

          
e could break 

              
this trap. We'

   
ll run till we

 drop
          
baby we'll nev

             
er go back.   


Ohhhh
         
Walk with me o

          
ut on the wire

        
? Cause baby I

            
'm just a scar

       
ed and lonely 

rider
             
But I gotta kn

          
ow how it feel

s
             
I want to know

              
 if love is wi

             
ld  I want to 

              
know if love i

  
s real

[Chorus]
      (x2)

[Bridge]
             
Beyond the Pal

              
ace  hemi-powe

           
red drones scr

eam down the b

oulevard
             
The girls comb

              
 their hair in

              
 rearview mirr

             
ors  and the b


oys try to loo

k so hard
             
The amusement 

              
park rises bol

              
d and stark as

          
 kids are hudd

led on the bea

ch in a mist
             
I wanna die wi

              
th you Wendy o

              
n the streets 

              
tonight in an 


everlasting ki

ss

[Instrumental]
   
   
   
   

(chromatic notes half step down from B to B)
                              

One  Two  Three!

[Verse 3]
             
Well  the high

              
way's jammed w

              
ith broken her

         
oes on a last 

             
chance power d

rive
             
Everybody's ou

              
t on the run t

              
onight  but th

         
ere's no place

         
 left to hide
         
Together Wendy

          
 we'll live wi

              
th the sadness

       
  I'll love yo

#
u with all the
          
madness in my 

       
soul.   Ohhhh
         
Someday girl I

          
 don't know wh

              
en  we're gonn

  
a get to that 

place
          
Where we reall

             
y want to go a

              
nd we'll walk 

       
in the sun
              
But till then 

             
tramps like us

             
  baby we were

         
 born to run

[Outro]
      (x3)