Runaway Train

by Soul Asylum

C
Call you up in the middle of the night
Em
Like a firefly without a light
Am
You were there like a blowtorch burnin'
G
I was a key that could use a little turnin'

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

       F                G
    It seems no one can help me now
        C                    Am
    I'm in too deep, there's no way out
    F                C            G
    This time I have really led myself astray

Refrain:
        C
        Runaway train never going back
        Em
        Runaway on a one way track
        Am
        Seems like I should be gettin' somewhere
        G
        Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
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 a'drownin' in the rain
Take a ticket for the runaway train

    And everything is cut and dry
    Day and night, earth and sky
    Somehow I... just don't believe it

        [REFRAIN]

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
Little outta touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train tearing up the track
Runaway train burning in my face
Runaway train it always seems the same