1. Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train Call you up ____________________ 1 Like a firefly without a light You were there like a blowtorch burning ____________________ 2 that could use a little turning

2. So tired that I couldn’t even sleep __________________________________ 3 Promised myself I wouldn’t weep One more promise I couldn’t keep

3. It seems no one can help me now I’m into deep; _________________________________ 4 This time I have really led myself astray

4. Chorus Runaway train, never going back Wrong way on a one-way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere __________________________________ 5

5. Can you help me remember how to smile? Make it somehow all seem worthwhile ________________________________ 6 ? Life’s misery seems so faded

6. I can go where no one else can go _________________________________ 7 Here I am just drowning in the rain With a ticket for a runaway train.

7. Everything seems cut and dry, Day and night, earth and sky, __________________________________ 8

8. Chorus Runaway train, never going back Wrong way on a one-way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere __________________________________ 5

9. Bought a ticket for a runaway train __________________________________ 9 A little out of touch, a little insane It’s just easier than dealing with the pain

10. Chorus Runaway train, never going back Wrong way on a one-way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere __________________________________ 5

11. Runaway train, never coming back Runaway train, tearing up the track Runaway train, burning in my veins I run away, _________________________________ 10

12. GLOSSARY - astray: away from what is right; into error, confusion, or undesirable action or thought: They were led astray by their lust for money. - drown: to kill by submerging under water or other liquid. - faded: to lose brightness or vividness of color. - firefly: any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen. - jaded: dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite. - tear up: to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. - weep: to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.moneylosethefamilyexpress

13. Answers 1.In the middle of the night 2.I was the key 3.So many secrets I couldn’t keep 4.There’s no way out 5.Somehow I’m neither here nor there 6.How on Earth did I get so jaded? 7.I know what no one else knows 8.Somehow I just don’t believe it 9.Like a madman laughing at the rain 10.But it always seems the same