| Born like everyone with a slate as clean
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| Baby grew into a boy and started building steam
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| Boy learned how to blow it off in a dangerous kind of way
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| Well fellas here he comes that runaway train
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| Now hear his lonesome cry barrelin' down the track
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| Out of control his soul dressed in black
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| Sound to every man that’s broken the chain
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| Rollin rollin rollin like a runaway train
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| It ain’t easy to do your best when life comes at you fast
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| On his own so early on too young for such a task
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| Took the bull by the horn sometimes that bull was mean
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| And only at it stoking on that runaway train
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| Chorus
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| Married young and daddy soon his life was right on track
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| Something rumbled in his soul something that he lacked
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| He had to chase that melody that fueled a childhood dream
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| There ain’t no holding back that runaway train
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| Chorus
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| Rollin rollin rollin like a runaway train
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| Hmmmmm I here that train a commin
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| Hmmmmm Hey Porter Ohh Porter
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| Hmmmmm I don’t care if I do da do |