Runaways

[Verse 1]
Just a quick note
To tell you how I'm keeping, forever in my thoughts
While I’m awake or sleeping
I had to leave
I tried so hard to tell you
You never heard a word I said

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll write from time to time, but I won't forget your smile
Nor ever will I miss velvet gloves on iron fists
I’m cold but it's colder still
Where [?]

[Chorus]
God keep you warm and safe
But bless the runaways
And mother's little soldier, mother's little soldier boy

[Verse 2]
Who was it said, was it "Suffer little children."
Banned from father's heart, tied to mother's apron
I had to go, I headed for the bright lights, where nobody would know my name

[Pre-Chorus]
I cried from time to time, but it's your mistake not mine
So blind you could not see, I am not you, you are not me
All for my father's sins, ’cause I could never be like him

[Chorus]
God keep you warm and safe
But bless the runaways
And mother’s little soldier, mother's little soldier boy

[Verse 3]
Since I was two years old I’ve always done as I was told
But now I've found myself some freedom, freedom
The sweetest air that I can breathe
I'll write from time to time, but I won't forget your smile

[Pre-Chorus]
Nor ever will I miss velvet gloves on iron fists
I cried from time to time, but it’s your mistake not mine
So blind you could not see, I am not you, you are not me
All for my father's sins, 'cause I could never be like him

[Chorus]
God keep you warm and safe
But bless the runaways
And mother's little soldier, mother's little soldier boy
God keep you warm and safe
But bless the runaways

[Outro]
It's getting late, time for me to close now
Mother's little soldier boy