Story Behind The Song
An acoustic guitar mid-tempo rock song that builds and becomes more electrified. The lyrics are about an abused runway/failed starlet who ends up becoming a topless dancer. Think "Like a Rolling Stone" meets "Tangled up in Blue" meets several girls I used
Song Description
A troubled girl runs away from her life to Hollywood, where she only finds more trouble. AN INSTRUMENTAL MIX IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
| Song Length |
5:06 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Moving |
Subject |
Dysfunctional Relations |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Sinead O'Connor |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Amy's Run Away
Amy was 7, the first time that she ran--
Scared of her mother's silence and her stepfather's hands.
They found her near Grandma's, three miles away--
No one dared to explain why she wouldn't stay...
All they could say is...
Amy's Run Away.
Amy was only 16 when she left for good--
With a Greyhound ticket, a suitcase, and a wrinkled map of Hollywood.
The kitchen window frames her mother's tears--
A portrait of the daily prayers, unanswered through the years,
A mother's worst fear...
Her baby's run away.
She first met trouble her 2nd week in town
It was 6 foot 3, 185, Caucasian male, age 39
With an arm tattoo of a skeleton in a wedding gown...
As a runaway, she couldn't call the cops.
As a little girl, she couldn't make him STOP!
Please, baby, Please...
Run away!
Amy was 22 and dancing at a bar part-time--
She promised me drinks all nite if I agreed to stay awhile...
She found me after last call, asked me for my name.
The way she used it all nite, I really thought she'd stay--
But I woke up to my mistake...
Amy's run away.
Run, run, run, run baby!
Run away!
Copyright Brian Hartzog
Hartzog Publishing
www.brianhartzog.com
brian@brianhartzog.com