Kids Like Us

Hang down your head Maria and let your long hair down
 There's nothing left undamaged on the streets of your hometown
 The blood red sun has scorched the fields from here to Arkansas
 And it's time to cut and run or face the long arm of the law
 Let's ride out to the mountains
 Kick in the cabin door
 Tear ourselves to pieces
 On a blanket on the floor
 They tore down the lights smashed all the bells
 Flooded the mines and poisoned the wells
 If we stay here we've only got ourselves to blame
 I wanna shed my skin forget my name
 Crash like a fighter plane
 Hold you close enough to break my bones and feel the pain
 I wanna roar through the night like a runaway train
 There's a wind that shakes the treetops and shakes the billboards too
 It's blowing down the highway and it blows through me and you
 I don't have to tell you what becomes of kids like us
 We're young enough to run away we're old enough to rust
 Let's ride out to the mountains
 Kick in the cabin door
 Tear ourselves to pieces
 On a blanket on the floor
 They tore down the lights smashed all the bells
 Flooded the mines and poisoned the wells
 If we stay here we've only got ourselves to blame
 I wanna shed my skin forget my name
 Crash like a fighter plane
 Hold you close enough to break my bones and feel the pain
 I wanna roar through the night like a runaway train