I'm sittin in a hotel on claymore avenue

talkin' to the walls, think' 'bout callin you

but I can't go back, cause it don't come so easily

I pack my bags and I'm free

oh darlin



I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you

I'm tellin myself that's what I should do

but darlin', it just won't work out

I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go

I'll pack up and leave you before you know

oh baby, it just won't work out



waitin' on a backstreet with my thumb up in the air

I'm burnin up the concrete, and it don't matter where

but I can't go back 'cause it don't come so easily

I pack my bags and I'm free - whoowhooo



I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you

I'm tellin myself that's what I should do

but darlin', it just won't work out

I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go

I'll pack up and leave you before you know

'cause darlin, it just won't work out



girl it's true

there is no one else but you

but this happens every time

I get scared

and I run for the open air

just when everything is goin' so fine



I'm stoppin at a phone booth, I wonder if you're home

stuffin in the quarters, I'm feelin so alone

but it just rings on it's rainin' where I'm callin from

I grab my bag and I'm gone - woah ho ho ho



I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you

tellin myself that's what I should do

oh darlin', it just won't work out

I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go

I'll pack up and leave you before you know

'cause darlin, it just won't work out



I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you

tellin myself that's what I should do

oh darlin', it just won't work out

I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go

I'll pack up and leave you before you know