EvaLuna2007-05-02 18:16:37



"Runaway Train" is a 1992 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum and often erroneously attributed to Tom Petty.[citation needed] It is the song that led Soul Asylum to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.

The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead singer Dave Pirner. It was the third single off of the album (see Soul Asylum discography) and reached number three on the Billboard charts. It won a Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994.

The song has become synonymous with the band, and has led many people to believe that it is the groups only hit, categorizing Soul Asylum as a one-hit wonder band. "Runaway Train" continues to receive a lot of airplay on the radio today. One of the things that many disc jockeys mention after the song is played is the influential music video that had accompanied the song.( ZT)


Soul Asylum -----> Runaway Train

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

CHORUS
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same




闲云孤鹤2007-05-02 18:16:15
想去哪里,说吧
涩郎2007-05-02 18:22:04
very nice
圣牛2007-05-02 18:32:53
so tired that I couldn't even sleep~exactly how i feel these day
绿色和平原子弹2007-05-02 18:52:38
just relax~~^^
3stones2007-05-02 18:56:30
an depressing yet beautiful song~ ding~
johnz0022007-05-02 19:01:24
No one can keep promise, just get used to it.
闲云孤鹤2007-05-02 19:19:07
hi, shy boy.
书童2007-05-02 19:51:55
俺来晚了,已经不见了人影。
sridhar2007-05-02 21:30:32
too complicated for me to understand, Eva,
秋凉如我心2007-05-02 22:41:10
一起走吧!:))问好楼上朋友们!!
B_Sapphire2007-05-03 01:54:24
喜欢这个回帖。:)
林贝卡2007-05-03 15:33:34
I watched a moive Runaway Bride, now I know a song: Runaway Trai
林贝卡2007-05-03 15:34:00
Runaway train.
lili~2007-05-03 16:08:51
一起走吧!:))问好楼上朋友们!!(zt)
秋凉如我心2007-12-22 08:04:42
回复:想去哪里,说吧