Runaway Return Lyrics

Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray

There's nothing living
There's nothing given
Weekender's vision
Turns to working shoes

There's nothing living
Here's nothing given
Weekender gives in
Puts on his working suit

There's nothing waiting
There's nothing imminent
Nothing forgiven
For the young idea

There's nothing waiting
There's nothing imminent
Nobody seems surprised
The runaway returns

Home, son
...doing
...gone
[?]

Welcome home, misplaced son
Guess what we we're doing while you were gone
Cocktail party's in gear
We're glad that you're here
Why don't you sit down?

Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Into the family car
Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Into the family's arms

There's nothing waiting
There's nothing imminent
Nothing forgiven
To your young idea

There's nothing waiting
There's nothing imminent
Seems like you've been misused
The runaway returns

Home, son
...doing
...gone
[?]

Welcome home, misplaced son
Guess just what we we're doing while you were gone
Party's in gear
We're just so glad that you're here
Why don't you sit down?

Welcome back

Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Out of the ashtray
Into the ashtray
Out of the ashtray

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Genius Annotation

This song is about a kid feeling disenfranchised by his parents and home life, so he decides to run away. The kid eventually comes back home after realizing it wasn’t much better away from home, and the song happens during that time.

His parents didn’t care that their son ran away, and were even hosting a jovial cocktail party upon the kid’s return home.

The song exemplifies how quick people can be trust into the working and grown up world and how scary it can be as compared to idealizations of running away or growing up. In addition there is an underlying theme of non caring or abusive parents that don’t help their children into adulthood with proper nurture.