I'm sittin in a hotel on claymore avenue
                               talkin' to the walls, think' 'bout callin you
                               but I can't go back, cause it don't come so easily
                               I pack my bags and I'm free
                               oh darlin

                               I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
                               I'm tellin myself that's what I should do
                               but darlin', it just won't work out
                               I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
                               I'll pack up and leave you before you know
                               oh baby, it just won't work out

                               waitin' on a backstreet with my thumb up in the air
                               I'm burnin up the concrete, and it don't matter where
                               but I can't go back 'cause it don't come so easily
                               I pack my bags and I'm free - whoowhooo

                               I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
                               I'm tellin myself that's what I should do
                               but darlin', it just won't work out
                               I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
                               I'll pack up and leave you before you know
                               'cause darlin, it just won't work out

                               girl it's true
                               there is no one else like you
                               but this happens every time
                               I get scared
                               and I run for the open air
                               just when everything is goin' so fine

                               I'm stoppin at a phone booth, I wonder if you're home
                               stuffin in the quarters, I'm feelin so alone
                               but it just rings on it's rainin' where I'm callin from
                               I grab my bag and I'm gone - woah ho ho ho

                               I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
                               tellin myself that's what I should do
                               oh darlin', it just won't work out
                               I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
                               I'll pack up and leave you before you know
                               'cause darlin, it just won't work out

                               I, I'm runnin away from the thought of you
                               tellin myself that's what I should do
                               oh darlin', it just won't work out
                               I, I'm makin' believe that's the way to go
                               I'll pack up and leave you before you know