Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

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Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
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Intro:        

          1)
          
          
          Call

 you up in the

 middle of the

 night
          
          Like

 a firefly wit

hout a light
          
          You 

were there lik

e a blowtorch 

burnin'
          
          I wa

s a key that c

ould use a lit

tle turnin'
          
          So t

ired that I co

uldn't even sl

eep
          
          So m

any secrets I 

couldn't keep
          
          Prom

ised myself I 

wouldn't weep
          
          One 

more promise I

 couldn't keep

             
          It s

              
eems no one ca

  
n help me now
              
          I'm 

             
in too deep th

      
ere's no way o

ut
             
          This

             
 time I have r

             
eally let myse

lf astray


          Refrain:
         
          
          Runa

way train neve

r going back
          
          Wron

g way on a one

 way track
          
          Seem

s like I shoul

d be getting s

omewhere
          
          Some

how I'm neithe

r here nor the

re

          2)
          
          
          Can 

you help me re

member how to 

smile
          
          Make

 it somehow al

l seem worthwi

le
          
          How 

on earth did I

 get so jaded
          
          Life

's mysteries s

eem so faded
          
          I ca

n go where no 

one else can g

o
          
          I kn

ow what no one

 else knows
          
          Here

 I am just dro

wning in the r

ain
          
          With

 a ticket for 

a runaway trai

n

             
          Ever

             
ything seems c

ut and dry
             
          Day 

           
and night, ear

th and sky
             
          Some

             
how I just don

      
't believe it

          Refrain:
          
          
          Runa

way train neve

r going back
          
          Wron

g way on a one

 way track
          
          Seem

s like I shoul

d be getting s

omewhere
          
          Some

how I'm neithe

r here nor the

re


          
          Got 

a ticket for a

 runaway train
          
          Like

 a madman laug

hing at the ra

in
          
          Litt

le out of touc

h little insan

e
          
          It's

 just easier t

han dealing wi

th the pain
          
          Runa

way train neve

r going back
          
          Runa

way on a one w

ay track
          
          Seem

s like I shoul

d be getting s

omewhere
          
          Some

how I'm neithe

r here nor the

re
          
          Runa

way train neve

r coming back
          
          Runa

way train tear

ing up the tra

ck
          
          Runa

way train burn

ing in my vein

s
          
          Id r

unaway but it 

always seems t

he same

Fade out... Em

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