You played hooky from And you can't go out to play, Mama said for the rest of the In your you gotta stay, yeah Now you like the whole world's pickin' on you But down inside you know it ain't true
You've been punished your mother Wants to raise you the way, yeah But you don't care, you already made up your mind You run away, yeah you're on your way
Run child, running wild Run child, running wild Better back home, better come back home Where you belong, where you
Roaming through the city, nowhere fast You're on own at last Hey it's getting late, where will you Gettin' kind-a hungry, you forgot to bring to eat
Oh, with no money, you start to cry But you left home wanting to be grown So dry your eyes Siren screamin' down, neon light is flickin', you your mama
Ah, there's for you frightened and confused I want my mama But she's much too far She hear a word you say
You heard some news on the radio little boys running away from home And their don't see them no more You wanna stop a ride and go home But mama told you never trust a stranger And you don't which way to go
are dark and deserted Not a sound nor sign of How you to hear your mother's voice 'Cause you're lost and alone but remember you the choice
Run away child, running You, better go back where you belong Run away child, wild You, better go back home 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, runaway runnin' wild better go back home where you belong
Run child, running wild You, better go back home you belong
Mama, mama, please, and see about me! But she's much too far she can't hear a word you say You're frightened and confused; which way will you