"On The Run" (currently the First song on myspace player) just won 2nd place in the Lyrics Category of the 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards http://lnk.ms/0K5P4
Lyrics:
ON THE RUN
Byron Walls
On a scale from one to ten Tom was a zeroAnd his mother was there to remind him the times he forgot
By the time he was 16 he was less than the sum of his virtues
Being mostly aware of a whole lot of things he was not
Tom was a little too short and shy around women
He was in love with a fold-out he kept in the drawer
To his dad he was worthless to his mom just some more dirty linen
He took his first breath the day that he walked out the door
CHORUS:
IT’S HARD TO GROW UP WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SHADOW
AND THE BIGGER TREES TAKE ALL THE SUN
HE COULDN’T GROW UP AS THE FAMILY DISASTER
SO HE LEARNED TO GROW UP ON THE RUN, UP ON THE RUN
Joyce was born uninvited a pain and a problem
And her father were there to remind her the times she forgot
By the time she was 16 her face and her breasts were her heroes
In backseats with boys she could forget the things she was not
Joyce got into trouble so she went to Cleveland
Tom joined the army and fought hand to hand in the war
He won some medals and learned about love from a waitress
Joyce started working and she learned about love from her child
CHORUS:
IT’S HARD TO GROW UP WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SHADOW
AND THE BIGGER TREES TAKE ALL THE SUN
SHE COULDN’T GROW UP AS THE FAMILY DISASTER
SO SHE LEARNED TO GROW UP ON THE RUN, UP ON THE RUN
On a hot August night in an army bar outside of Cleveland
Tom was on furlow and Joyce was on nine until two
They felt like old friends the minute that they started talking
His eyes said, “I know you,” her smile said, “I’ve waited for you”
They talked of beginnings, of losing and winning
And lessons they learned on the run
They grew up crooked together they shook it
In the sunlight they found in the love that they won
CHORUS:
IT’S HARD TO GROW UP WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SHADOW
AND THE BIGGER TREES TAKE ALL THE SUN
THEY COULDN’T GROW UP AS THE FAMILY DISASTER
SO THEY LEARNED TO GROW UP ON THE RUN, UP ON THE RUN