Born To Run

In the day, we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream

At night, we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines

Sprung from cages out on Highway 9

Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line

Oh, baby, this town rips the bones from your back

It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap

We gotta get out while we're young

'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend

I want to guard your dreams and visions

Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet hips

And strap your hands 'cross my engines

Together we could break this trap

We'll run til we drop, baby, we'll never go back

Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire?

'Cause baby, I'm a scared and lonely rider

But I gotta know how it feels

I want to know if love is wild

I want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace, semi-powered drones

Scream down the boulevard

Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors

And the boys try to look so hard

The amusement park rises bold and stark

Kids are huddled on the beach in the mist

I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight

In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance powerdrive

Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide

Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul

Oh, some day, girl, I don't know when

We're gonna get to the place that we really wanna go

And we'll walk in the sun

But till then, baby, we were born to run

Baby, we were born to run

Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

Oh

Yes, born to run