Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
Producer: Mickie Most
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line
Baby, this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run
Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wraps your legs 'round these velvet rims
And strap your hands 'cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run 'til we drop, baby, we'll never go back
Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire
'Cause, baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider
Gotta know how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe, I want to know if love is real
Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors and the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach on a mist
I wanna die with you out on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss
Oh, the highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
I love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday, babe, I don't know when
We're gonna get to that place where we really want to go
And we'll walk in the sun
But 'til then, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Oh, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Oh, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line
Baby, this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run
Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wraps your legs 'round these velvet rims
And strap your hands 'cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run 'til we drop, baby, we'll never go back
Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire
'Cause, baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider
Gotta know how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe, I want to know if love is real
Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors and the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach on a mist
I wanna die with you out on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss
Oh, the highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
I love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday, babe, I don't know when
We're gonna get to that place where we really want to go
And we'll walk in the sun
But 'til then, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Oh, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
Oh, tramps like us
Baby, we were born to run
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- If You Knew Suzi... (1978)
- What Goes Around: Greatest & Latest (1995)
Suzi Quatro popular songs
- Stumblin’ In
- Lay Me Down
- The Race Is On
- State of Mind
- Half as Much as Me
- Tear Me Apart
- Evie
- Intimate Strangers
- Starlight Lady
- Fantasy in Stereo
- Don’t Break My Heart
- Trouble
- Elusive Lover
- Lipstick
- Roman Fingers
- Too Big
- New Day Woman
- The Honky Tonk Downstairs
- Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
- Klondyke Kate
- Candy Man
- What Goes Around
- Mama’s Boy
- She Knows