You said the noise from the freeway

Keeps you up so you sleep all day

The walls are empty in your new placeYou said all your friends live out of state

You have been left without a warning

Getting up before the morning light

It′s nothing new, it's what you′re used to

And everyone knows you're just that type

And every time that you're feeling down

You hitch a ride and you head outta town

Now you′re alone and it goes to show

That you can′t run forever

There's not a trace of where you been before

And there′s a mattress on your bedroom floor

You stick around until you're tied down

And you feel like walking out the door

You say you wanna be a new face

You wanna go where no one knows your name

And everyone that you run into

It′s just a new chance to state your case

And every time that you're feeling down

You hitch a ride and you head outta town

Now you′re alone and it goes to show

That you can't run forever

You got the blues in the ocean air

Blueberry shoes and you colored your hair

It's just the way that the story goes

Honey, you can′t run forever

The next time you′re sitting at the door

Thinking that it's time for a change

Well, you just might find when you open your eyes

That the mirror in the next town looks the same

And every time that you′re feeling down

You hitch a ride and you head outta town

Now you're alone and it goes to show

That you can′t run forever

You got the blues in the ocean air

Blueberry shoes and you colored your hair

It's just the way that the story goes

Honey, you can′t run forever