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