runaway

rollerskates and daisy chains
pig tails, yeah, and dimples too
you're gonna give your daddy trouble girl
you're lookin' a little too cute

lollipops [chokotoffs] and candycanes
will rot your teeth but what'll rot your brain is
reading all them pop magazines
frequent flyin' to the silver screen
you hate watchin' the boob tube
but you ain't got nuthin' better to do

O my little runaway
listen up, hear what I say
holy words can crucify
but I speak under another guise
I've always been a runaway
listen babe, you've gotta change your ways
you know you're not the only lonely one
you better find yourself a friend
before you go and run off again

staring at the world through those wide eyes
it's staring back, O don't you realize that
daddy better keep you under lock & key
he wouldn't want you runnin' into me but

someday soon you'll be on your own
sweet cherry blossom, my how you've grown yet
can't stem the feeling that you're being used
can't remember what it was you wanted to do
yeah, they pulled it right from under you...
flattered your vanity while they spit in your soup

O my little runaway
listen up, hear what I say
holy words can crucify
but I speak under another guise
I've always been a runaway
listen babe, you've gotta change your ways
you know you're not the only lonely one
you better find yourself a friend
before you go and run off again

don't you push me away
don't you want me to stay?
how i need you to say
that you need me the same

don't you push me away  [don't you]
don't you want me to stay?   [I do]
how i need you to say  [..love you]
that you need me the same

that you need me too
girl you know you do
little runaway