By 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 out on highway 9

Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line

Oh baby, this town rips the bones from your back

It's a death trap, a suicide rap

We gotta get out while we're young

'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

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Windy, let me in, I want to be your friend

I want to guard your dreams and visions

Wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims

And strap your hands 'cross my engines

Together, girl, we can break this trap

Run 'til we drop and baby, we'll never look back

Oh, so walk with me, I don't know why

'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider

I want to know how it feels

I want to know if love's wild, girl

I want to know if love is real

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Beyond the palace in their power

Drones scream down the boulevard

The girls comb their hair in their rearview mirrors

And the boys try to look so hard

The amusement park rides its golden star

As kids peddle on the beach in the mist

I want to die with you out on the streets tonight

In an everlasting kiss

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Highways jammed with broken heroes

On a last chance power drive

Everyone's out on the run tonight

But there's no place left to hide

Together we can live with the sadness

I love you with all the madness in my soul

Oh, someday, girl, I don't know when

We're gonna get to that place we really want to go

And we'll walk in the sun, but until then

Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run

Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run