Jamie’s gonna run today 
Did a fast heat on the inside lane
Daddy’s girl whenever he’s at home
On the track she’s a bonafide star 
She got there fast, she’s gonna go so far
So she told him on the telephone

She’s looking up to the grandstand in the midday sun
She’s waiting for a signal from the starter’s gun
She’s searching for him in the crowd when she hits that line
Praying for a better time

Jamie is a runaway,
She found a boy and she figured that it was fate
She ran straight into his waiting arms
But they were too high when the shit came down
They wound up in a border town now she’s
Sleeping under fallin stars and she’s dreamin

She’s runnin on the street today
She got a heavy heart and a hungry vein
That boy, he’s in the rear view mirror
She settled in with a hit too pure
She’s going home that much is sure
She cries out but no one hears her

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