Escape

He's just a young boy out of school
Livin' his world like he wants to
They're makin' laws, but they don't understand
Turns a boy in to a fightin' man
They won't take me
They won't break me
No one could tell him what to do
Had to learn everything the hard way
He's on the street, breakin' all the rules
I'm tellin' you that he's nobody's fool
They won't take me
They won't break me
Now he's leavin', gettin' out from this masquerade
Oh gotta go


I'm finally out in the clear and i'm free
I've got dreams i'm livin' for
I'm movin' on where they'll never find me
Rollin' on to anywhere
I'll break away, yes i'm on my way
Leavin' today, yes i'm on my way
Just when you think you had it all figured out
Runnin' scared can change your mind
I never knew i had so much to give
How hard times can fool ya
Oh i'm okay, i'm alright
Feelin' good out on your own
I'll break away, i'll break away tonight
I've got dreams i'm livin' for
I'll break away
Yes, i'm on my way
I'm leaving', leavin' today
Yes, i'm on my way
This is my escape
Yes, i'm on my way
I'll break away
Yes, i'm on my way

Workin' in the city
This town's got no pity
Bossman owns a heart of stone
I'm on the line, it's overtime
I'll tell you it's a crime
They get me by the hour
By my blue collar
You're squeezin' me too tight
It's friday night
Let's run tonight
Till the morning light.


Keep on runnin', keep on hidin'
Keep on runnin' away
It's okay, it's alright
It's okay, it's alright
And if it makes you want to jump and shout, go ahead!
Keep on runnin' keep on hidin'
Keep on runnin' away, it's okay.


Crusin' with my baby
Think we just might maybe
Find some back seat rhythm and blues
Radio, down we go, down we go.


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Jesse rides through the night
Under the main street light
Ridin' slow


This ol' town, ain't the same
Now nobody knows his name
Times have changed, still he rides.


Traffic lights, keepin' time
Leading the wild and restless
Through the night


Still they ride, on wheels of fire
They rule the night
Still they ride, the strong will survive
Chasing thunder


Spinning 'round, in a spell
It's hard to leave this carrousel
'round and 'round
And 'round and 'round


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She sits alone, an empty stare
A mother's face she wears
Where did she go wrong,
The fight is gone
Lord help this broken home


Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believein'
Hey, mother, father, dreamer


Don't you know that i'm alive for you
I'm your sevenths son
And when lightin' strikes the family
Have faith, believe.


With dreams he tried, lost his pride
He drinks his life away
One photograph, in broken glass
It should not end this way.


Through bitter tears
And wounded years, those ties
Of blood were strong
So much to say, those yesterdays
So now don't you turn away.


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Those crazy nights, i do remember in my youth
I do recall, those were the best times, most of all
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
She found me singing by the rail road track
Took me home, we danced by moonlight


Those summer nights are callin',
Stone in love
Can't help myself i'm fallin'
Stone in love


Old dusty roads, led to the river
Runnin' slow
She pulled me down, and in clover
We'd go 'round
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
Oo the memories never fade away
Golden girl, i'll keep you forever.


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