In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages on Highway 9
Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected and steppin' way over the line

Oh, baby, this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap
It's a suicide rap
Y'gotta get out while you're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend
I wanna guard your dreams and your visions
Just wrap your legs 'round my velvet rims
And strap your hands 'cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run 'til we drop, and, baby, we'll never go back

Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire?
'Cause, baby, I'm a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I wanna know if love is wild
I wanna know if love is real
Can you show me?

Beyond the palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors, and the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach in the mist
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight in an everlasting kiss
One, two, three, four
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's on the run tonight, there ain't no place left to hide
Together, Wendy, we'll live with the sadness, I'll love you with all the madness in my soul

Oh, someday, girl, I don't know when
We'll get to that place we really wanna go, and we'll walk in the sun
'Cause, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run
Born to run