just a kid when you walked in,
Cause you flipped the truck
on the way home from the bar
Only 14 when I started drinking
I guess it was just time to say
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down
Didn't know, but all this time
We were always there to fend
You were just a kid with someone
And if you were gone, I said, good luck
and sent you off to the Lord
Holy 20, when you started running,
You said, I don't care, I care,
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down the line
I didn't know, but all this time
We were always better than that
Don't you ever think it's strange
from the same old reflections
As they won't slow and send it down
They will always come around
to tell anyone who'll listen
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down the line
I didn't know but all this time
We were always birds of paradise