You hooky from school And you go out to play, yeah Mama said for the rest of the In your you gotta stay, yeah Now you feel like the world's pickin' on you But deep down you know it ain't true
You've been punished your mother to raise you the right way, yeah But you care, 'cause you already made up your mind You wanna run away, yeah on your way
Run away child, running Run child, running wild come back home, better come back home Where you belong, where you
Roaming through the city, going nowhere on your own at last Hey it's getting late, where will you Gettin' kind-a hungry, you forgot to bring to eat
Oh, lost with no money, you to cry But you left home wanting to be grown So dry weepin' eyes Siren down, neon light is flickin', you want your mama
Ah, nothing for you You're frightened and confused I want my But she's too far away She can't a word you say
You some frightening news on the radio little boys running away from home And their parents see them no more You wanna stop a ride and go home But your mama told you never trust a And you know which way to go
Streets are dark and Not a sound nor of life How you to hear your mother's voice 'Cause you're and alone but remember you made the choice
Run away child, running You, better go home where you belong Run away child, wild You, go back home where you belong
You're in this great big city Go back home where you Not one familiar ain't a pity? Go home where you belong Oh, child runnin' wild You'd go back home where you belong
Run away child, wild You, better go back where you belong
Mama, mama, please, and see about me! But she's much too far away; she hear a word you say You're frightened and which way will you choose?