We were smoking blue American Spirits and staring off into the night  

We could see our breath in the freezing air, underneath that yellow streetlight 

She said word came down, they're letting me go and I heard they're closing down the bank and the grocery store  

Aw something's gotta give, cause I'm tired of this town and feeling like there's no place to go  

  

She said let's run away  

If we don't leave now, I know that we'll just hang around  

And we're gonna burnout 

And I don't wanna burnout  

  

I was wound up tighter than a banjo string and I was desperate for a new point of view  

Cause when the work dries up and there's no money around 

You'd be surprised to what a man will agree to  

  

Yeah, she said let's run away  

If we don't leave now 

I know that we'll just hang around  

And we're gonna burnout 

And I don't wanna burnout  

  

Our little hometown was shutting down 

In my heart, I knew she was right  

So, we tore down Main Street across those county lines 

It was high stakes in the midst of low times  

  

Yeah, she said let's run away  

If we don't leave now, I know that we'll just hang around  

And we're gonna burn out  

And you can call us runaways  

We're just tired of being down  

And honey if we stick around 

We're gonna burn out 

And I don't wanna burn out  

I don't wanna burn out  

I don't wanna burn out  

I don't wanna burn out