1. Strophe:
Call You Up In The Middle Of The Night.
Like A Firefly Without A Light,
You Were There Like A Blow-torch Burning.
I Was A Key That Could Use A Little Turning.

2. Strophe:
So Tired That I Couldn't Even Sleep.
So Many Secrets I Couldn't Keep.
Promised Myself I Wouldn't Weep.
One More Promise I Couldn't Keep.

3. Strophe:
It Seems No One Can Help Me Now
I'm In Too Deep. There's No Way Out.
This Time I Have Really Let Myself Astray.

Refrain:
Runaway Train Never Going Back.
Wrong Way On A Oneway Track.
Seems Like I Should Be Getting Somewhere
Somehow I'm Neither Here Nor There.

4. Strophe:
Can You Help Me Remember How To Smile,
Make It Somehow All Seem Worth-while?
How On Earth Did I Get So Jaded?
Life's Mystery Seems So Faded.
I Can Go Where No One Else Can Go.
I Know What No One Else Knows.
Here I Am, Just Drowning In The Rain
With A Ticket For A Runaway Train.

Bridge:
Everything Seems Cut And Dry,
Day And Night, Earth And Sky.
Somehow I Just Don't Believe It.

(Refrain)

5. Strophe:
Bought A Ticket For A Runaway Train
Like A Madman Laughin' At The Rain.
A Little Out Of Touch, Little Insane.
It's Just Easier Than Dealing With The Pain.

(Refrain)

Ending:
Runaway Train Never Coming Back
Runaway Train Tearing Up The Track
Runaway Train Burning In My Veins
Runaway But It Always Seems The Same