My hands are full of salt from the sea
Sea shell oracle spoke fiction to me
I don't need you if I'm ocean wide and free
I sat on the shore and let it all be

I always knew I'd be the runaway
Santa Monica; the rambler won't stay
I took my guitar in the shower to play
Singing this, this will be the day

I forgot what it was like to sing on the metro
Letting my hair down was so long ago
Georgia girl in Cali; wouldn't you like to know
I ran wild and let the tattooed girl show

I always knew I'd be the runaway
Santa Monica; the rambler won't stay
I took my guitar in the shower to play
Singing this, this will be the day

Dancing on the warm rainy streets at 1 am
There's a highway hum and I'm the synonym
I've run so hard and long that I've become REM
I make songs because I can't hold onto them

I always knew I'd be the runaway
Santa Monica; the rambler won't stay
I took my guitar in the shower to play
Singing this, this will be the day