Runaway Girl

Packing my stuff in my duffel bag
trying to be quiet and wake no one up
i don't know where I'm gunna go
but i gotta get outta here
as i walk out he door
i shed one last tear

living in pain isn't what i want
i want a good life with friends
and most of all happiness
getting away from here is the
only way i can get that and
heading to where the road bends

i waited until i was 18, when i was
out of high school, when i had my
license and i could get away from here
at this point no one can tell me what
to do, how to act, what to say, i can
now be free, free to be me

i took one last look at my past
before i pulled out of the driveway
all the yelling and screaming, all
the pain left there, it's not coming
with me, I'm on my own journey
and I'm gone, gone at last

it's almost sun up and I'm
somewhere in Colorado
I'm heading toward Cali
where ill live my dream
and be happy while my
past stays in my past time

a cop is following me
maybe they finally noticed
i was gone, the cop turned
on his light so he can get me
"why don't i give him a whirl?"
to see if he can catch this runaway girl