Kim Carnes

Released: January 1, 2004

Songwriter: Anders Osborne Kim Carnes

Producer: Kim Carnes

I want to be a runaway, run run runaway
Fly like a bird, like a white-winged dove
Be a runaway, oh a runaway
'Til I find somebody to love

I want to dance with the ocean at high tide
Feel the power of the waves, heal what's broke inside
I want to swim in the fountain in the middle of the square
At the bottom of the Spanish steps, wishing you were there

I'd go driving down a two-lane highway chasing down wild trains
And all this baggage in the rearview mirror would slowly fall away

'Cause I want to be a runaway, run run runaway
Fly like a bird, like a white-winged dove
Want to be a runaway, oh a runaway
'Til I find somebody to love

I want to be a bird in the lowlands where the grass is high
When the wind starts chilling, well you can bet I'd fly
Be a twig on the river in the valley of the moon
I'd float on top at the mercy of the current and go anywhere soon

With freedom's kingdom laying at my feet, I'd stand real still
And all the tears I ever cried for you would finally disappear

With freedom's kingdom laying at my feet, I'd stand real still
All the tears I ever cried for you would finally disappear

'Cause I want to be a runaway, oh runaway
Fly like a bird, like a white-winged dove
Be a runaway, oh a runaway
'Til I find somebody to love

Want to be a runaway, run run runaway
Fly like a bird, like a white-winged dove
Want to be a runaway, oh a runaway
'Til I find somebody to love
Somebody to love
Somebody to love

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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