'Cause you really hurt me I got to go Once upon a time on the same side But no, you let me go Oh you really hurt me Once upon a time somebody ran Somebody ran away saying, "Fast as they can" Once upon a time we fell apart You're holding in your hands

One day they will see it's long gone. Now that San Francisco's gone I guess I'll just pack it in Wanna wash away my sins In the presence of my friends You and I, we head back east To find a town where we can live Even in the half light We can see that

They said it was too late for us But we are coming back to life A little every time we touch I wanna run away tonight I feel like I'm in love with you Tomorrow we can face the lie Right now, let's just Sunset rolling, summer stolen

But I cannot forget Refuse to regret So glad I met you and Take my breath away Make everyday Worth all of the pain that I have gone through And Mama I've been cryin' Cause things ain't how they used to be She said, "The battle's almost won

I used to wonder what it feel like But now, I know, achieved the goal I ran the race I won the gold Maybe if I go platinum they'll remember me then I don’t know how but I'mma find a way Feeling like my dream is a world away (You can really do anything,

An' they say you can't take it with you when you go Who says you can't take it with you when you go Cause she got away with everything that I had goin' An' she got away 'fore I could make it all alright An' I got away with leavin' what needs said

Run, run, run But take the best of what I’ve got And then you know no matter what Before you walk away you know you can Run, run, run, Back to my arms, back to my arms Back to my arms, they will hold you down (oh oh oh) They will hold you down (oh oh oh)

Now all my friends have gone Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone? But we ran away I can still remember The words and what they meant

Touching the untouchables but they don't know Respect the disrespectable's, but in the end you know You turn away, what can I say? Hello to you, my sweet young friends Have you got money perhaps you could lend? I wash my leather face in the afternoon sun

Everything so clear now It's written on your face In a world within a world I can smell the bridges burn Sharks ever circling They never go away In these dark, murky waters So hard to navigate and so easy to hate Paint me black, demonize me, this is how