Runnin' to Boston, heart on my sleeve
Two hundred bodies is all I need
These boys are hungry and a little vain
The truth is a runaway train
Flew down to airy California sun
So many people tryin' be someone
Michelle Obama, you know my name
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train
The truth is a runaway train
From California flew down to Rome
Feels like the whole world is my home
I miss your laughter, I miss the rain
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train
The truth is a runaway train
Even when you're innocent, all the leaves the same
And all those judges are Shakespearean in shame
And you know I loved you as I loved you then
When you were the image of an angel
Oh oh! Runaway train, come on now
Hey oh! Runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train, ah
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, it's a runaway train
The truth is a runaway train
It's a runaway train, yeah oh, runaway train
Ooh, it's a runaway train
Runaway Train was written by Mikey Craig & Jon Moss & Martin Glover & Roy Hay & Boy George.
Culture Club released Runaway Train on Fri Oct 26 2018.
“I wrote the lyrics during the Obama administration. I was actually on tour in Boston. It was really a travelogue, which I’ve never done before. …I set myself a challenge to write about traveling around America. That particular tour was the first tour I’d done since my life had got quite complic...