Listen yeah
a lifetime of dreaming
visualising paradise
I woke up
and rolled over
and told my girl
we're leaving
It's time to sacrifice a lot
'cause you ain't happy
with your job
And round here
it's like nothin'
seems appealing
So let me know
you feel the same
throw your life into
a case and we'll depart
from Victoria this evening
And embark upon a path
of re-discovery
searching for the fruits
from the lost
garden of Eden
I'm wondering
if I run away
and came back
another day
Then would the
young men who roll
with metal put
the guns away
And when the devil
who took charge
would the slum
be safe
I pray the latter's right
for everybody's
mumsy's sake
And if I could disappear
for years
and then re-appear
Would my natural
intuition still be
crystal clear?
Or would I have
lost clarity?
In this trivial pursuit
we're walking through
so casually
I gotta leave
I gotta go
There's nothing here
for me no more
I gotta be free, I gotta be
somewhere that I can
just be me
And I run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
I runaway
We share a last cigarette
then walk into the station
Purchase two tickets
to an alien destination
Board the train and
witness pain upon
the faces
of multi-cultural races
But not me and my girl
we're breaking free
like an escapist
cuz we need
to escape this
And I for one have got
my mind made up
even if where we stay
is make-shift
I can't remain
in this domain
of semi ape s**t
because all I see
is hatred
I wonder if I disappear
how many men
would miss me
Or would they all forget
like I erased my name
from history?
I'm still trying yet
to make a break
within the chain
of pain and misery
And vanish off the planet
like a mystery
and if I did return
would things be
the same or worse?
You see the gear stick
shift and then whip
reverse
And I'd be straight back
on my travels
Burning rubber over
gravel till we see
the English Channel
I gotta leave
I gotta go
There's nothing here
for me no more
I gotta be free, I gotta be
somewhere that I can
just be me
And I run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
I runaway
As the carriage
pulls away
I pull my lady closer
and I tell her she's okay
'Coz if we never broke
the barricades today
we'd always be afraid
And left to feel
threatened
in this dark and
deadly maze
But now I've come of age
and as the train starts
enterin' suburbia a smile
comes across my face
The unwinding
of eternal rage
that was locked up inside
just like my mates
behind prison gates
If I could runaway
and come back
another day
I'd let this song play
on the summer's
longest day
Kick back and just
enjoy the rays
all the lager and
a s***ff to blaze
If I ever contemplate
returning to this
crazy place
I'll leave it long enough
so they don't recognise
my face
I'll let this song play
on the summer's
longest day
While we roll
upon the roads
along the motorway
I gotta leave
I gotta go
There's nothing here
for me no more
I gotta be free, I gotta be
somewhere that I can
just be me
And I run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
run, run, runaway
I runaway
I run away