Walkaway Joe

Featuring Don Henley Mam Told Her Baby Girl Take It Real Slow Girl Told Her Mama Hey I Really Gotta Go He's Waitin' In The Car Mama Said Girl You Won't Get Far This Is The Story Of An Average Jane Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Lover's Lane On A Tank Of Dreams Oh If She Could Have Only Seen But Fate's Got Plans That It Don't Wanna Show 'Cause That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe Born To Be A Leaver Tell You From The Word Go Destined To Deceive Her He's The Wrong Kind Of Paradise She's Gonna Know It In A Matter Of Time That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe Just A Little While Into Abilene He Pulls Into A Station And He Robs It Clean She's Waitin' In The Car Underneath The Texaco Star She Only Wanted Love Never Bargained For This She Can't Help But Love Him For The Way He Is She's Only Seventeen And There Ain't No Reasoning So She'll Ride This Ride As Far As It Will Go But That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe Born To Be A Leaver Tell You From The Word Go Destined To Deceive Her He's The Wrong Kind Of Paradise She's Gonna Know It In A Matter Of Time That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe Somewhere In A Roadside Motel Room Alone In The Silence She Wakes Up Too Soon And Reaches For His Arms But She'll Just Keep Reachin' On 'Cause The Cold Hard Truth Revealed What It Had Known That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe Born To Be A Leaver Tell You From The Word Go Destined To Deceive Her He's The Wrong Kind Of Paradise But It Was Just Another Lesson In Life That Boy's Just A Walkaway Joe All He Was Was A Walkaway Joe Ooh Walkaway Joe Ooh He Was A Walkaway Joe Ooh Walkaway Joe Yes He Was A Walkaway Joe