Hope for the Runaway

Out in the city streets

Alone and weak

From the cold and hunger

Trembling hands unfold a photograph

Mom and Dan and Ann Marie

Smiles from a distant sunrise

The only smile you've seen in days

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

Come back to me

Or I will fade away

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I still believe in you

My runaway

Jesse and Willy Lee

Play in the street

While their mother wonders

"Why won't they listen to a word I say?"

I sing a lullaby

To the baby in my arms

And the laughter fades away

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

Come back to me

Or I will fade away

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I still believe in you

My runaway

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I'm sending hope

For the runaway

Somewhere a flash of light

Cuts through the night

Like a lighthouse callin'

All of the lost and forgotten

And I made a vow I will continue

'Til I find you

I'll never stop, I'll never stop believein'

I will wait for you forever

Sending ya'll hope for the runaway

I will wait for you forever

Sending ya'll hope for the runaway

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I'm sending hope

For the runaway

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I'm sending hope

For the runaway

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I still believe in you

My runaway

Come back to me

Come back my darlin'

I'm sending hope

For the runaway