Joe Purdy - Runaway Children lyrics

rate me

I was born an only child

On a warm Jersey night.

My mother was a dressmaker,

My father drove a truck

My family never was much good

When it came to money-luck...no.

Me and my best friend took to stealing

When we were only 16.

And one year in the county jail

Made a man out of Tommy and me.

We caught the train to New York,

We thought we were so tough

We started fighting for quick cash,

We decided we didn't need the money that bad.

We were the runaway children

Always lost in the dark

Trying to forget where we came from,

Trying to make a new start.

Oh, but it was so hard.

Earned my first honest dollar

Workin' at the mill outside of town

Tommy went elsewhere

Never did like the sound of a poor man cryin'.

Tommy got mixed up with people,

The kind of people you just don't get mixed up with

And they beat him so bad, he...

He almost didn't live to regret it...but he did.

Uh, thank God he did.

We were the runaway children

Still lost in the dark

Trying to forget where we came from

Trying to make a new start

Oh, but it was so hard...so hard...it was just so hard.

But Tommy moved eight years ago

Out to Las Vegas

Now he sweeps the floors in the casinos

Oh, and he gambles when he's able.

When will he ever learn?

When will he ever learn?

And me, I went back home,

Oh, and I made it just in time

To say I'm sorry for what I'd done

Right before my mother died.

Now I drive a truck

Just like I swore I never would,

But I need the money worse than I need the luck.

I know my old man just did the best that he could with what he had.

It's funny the things we finally learn how to have of

We were just runaway children

Lost in the dark

Trying to forget where we came from

Oh but we never, we never made it that far...never made it that far.

Oh, but it's still so hard...it's still so hard.