Kid Runaway

	Boats on the water and fish in the sea
	And your head full of visions of new liberty
	A seat on the greyhound, a case in your hand
	Leaving your family, you don’t understand
	That life can be hard on a kid breakaway
	She’s got no one to talk to and so much to say
	Bats in the belfry, the size of her fears
	And the ad’s on the T.V. ain’t what they appear
	Your papa is reeling from whisky and hurt
	And mama is wishing she’d bought you that skirt
	You know there’s no Eldorado in sorrowful flight
	And no Disney posters to tell you goodnight
	So sing it ah, ah she’s the kid runaway
	The lord knows the reasons he’d please us to say
	So sing it ah, ah won’t you keep her from pain
	And we’ll put all the pieces together again
	Her hair in a tangle her life in a mess
	And the freeway patrolman he don’t have to guess
	And so he buys her a coffee and calls on the phone
	We’ve got somebody’s daughter but never your own
	You know there’s kid’s on the highway
	There’s kid’s on the run but they end in the alley
	When all’s said and done
	So sing it ah, ah she’s the kid runaway
	And the lord only knows why she did what she did
	So sing it ah, ah won’t you keep her from pain
	And we’ll put all the pieces together again
	Ah, ah she’s the kid runaway
	The lord knows the reasons he’d please us to say
	So sing it ah, ah won’t you keep her from pain
	And we’ll put all the pieces together again
	Ah, ah if you see her please say
	That her family is missing the kid runaway.

	Boats on the water and fish in the sea
	And your head full of visions of new liberty
	A seat on the greyhound, a case in your hand
	Leaving your family, you don' t understand
	That life can be hard on a kid breakaway
	She' s got no one to talk to and so much to say
	Bats in the belfry, the size of her fears
	And the ad' s on the T. V. ain' t what they appear
	Your papa is reeling from whisky and hurt
	And mama is wishing she' d bought you that skirt
	You know there' s no Eldorado in sorrowful flight
	And no Disney posters to tell you goodnight
	So sing it ah, ah she' s the kid runaway
	The lord knows the reasons he' d please us to say
	So sing it ah, ah won' t you keep her from pain
	And we' ll put all the pieces together again
	Her hair in a tangle her life in a mess
	And the freeway patrolman he don' t have to guess
	And so he buys her a coffee and calls on the phone
	We' ve got somebody' s daughter but never your own
	You know there' s kid' s on the highway
	There' s kid' s on the run but they end in the alley
	When all' s said and done
	So sing it ah, ah she' s the kid runaway
	And the lord only knows why she did what she did
	So sing it ah, ah won' t you keep her from pain
	And we' ll put all the pieces together again
	Ah, ah she' s the kid runaway
	The lord knows the reasons he' d please us to say
	So sing it ah, ah won' t you keep her from pain
	And we' ll put all the pieces together again
	Ah, ah if you see her please say
	That her family is missing the kid runaway.