Runaway Train

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Runaway Train by Soul Asylum

About Runaway Train

"Runaway Train" is a song by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. The song led Soul Asylum to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level. It was the third single off the album (see Soul Asylum discography) and reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts. It won a Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994. The song has become synonymous with the band, and has led many people to believe that it is the group's only hit, categorizing Soul Asylum as a one-hit wonder band. .

Runaway Train Lyrics

[00:09.28] Call you up in the middle of the night
[00:13.23] Like a firefly without a light
[00:17.40] You were there like a blowtorch burnin'
[00:21.25] I was a key that could use a little turnin'
[00:25.46] So tired that I couldn't even sleep
[00:29.41] So many secrets I couldn't keep
[00:33.58] Promised myself I wouldn't weep
[00:37.77] One more promise, I couldn't keep
[00:41.19] It seems no one can help me now
[00:44.91] I'm in too deep, there's no way out
[00:49.30] This time I have really led myself astray
[00:58.12] Runaway train, never goin' back
[01:02.29] Wrong way, on a one way track
[01:06.36] Seems like I should be gettin' somewhere
[01:10.53] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
[01:15.87]
[01:18.83] Can you help me remember how to smile
[01:22.95] Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
[01:26.90] How on Earth did I get so jaded
[01:31.01] Life's history seems so faded
[01:35.14] I can go where no one else can go
[01:39.10] I know what no one else knows
[01:43.24] Here I am just a drownin' in the rain
[01:47.22] With a ticket for a runaway train
[01:50.57] And everything seems cut and dry
[01:54.81] Day and night, earth and sky
[01:58.73] Somehow I just don't believe it
[02:07.72] Runaway train, never goin' back
[02:11.83] Wrong way on a one way track
[02:15.91] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[02:20.14] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
[02:25.43]
[02:56.98] Bought a ticket for a runaway train
[03:01.00] Like a madman laughin' at the rain
[03:04.98] A little out of touch, little insane
[03:09.18] Just easier than dealin' with the pain
[03:13.45] Runaway train, never goin' back
[03:17.64] Wrong way on a one way track
[03:21.59] Seems like I should be getting somewhere
[03:25.64] Somehow I'm neither here nor there
[03:30.01] Runaway train never comin' back
[03:34.09] Runaway train, tearin' up the track
[03:38.15] Runaway train, burnin' in my veins
[03:42.02] I run away, but it always seems the same
[03:46.10]

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From the album: 90s 100 Hits