the next thing you know (you're runnin)

stealin' drink with your friends
from your parents room
and it never matters when you get caught
because you never learn
it's just another two years
and you'll be finished with school
no more bad town
no more fighting the rules

and so your folks let go
see if you can run on your own
give you money for food and say
now you don't have to steal from our room

and then the next thing you know
you're runnin
and then the next thing you know
you're runnin

mix and match with people
who are as new as you
turnin to your friend to ask
is she lookin at me or you
its only one week in
you see that this is how things go down
makes you laugh now and again
cause you know you're gonna be stickin around

for a while
oh, for a while

two weeks later you come home
to a crowded house
spendin money you don't have
just so you don't miss out
havin drinks with the girl
who was lookin at you
she says, "you know you really suck at
makin the first move"

and then smiles
oh, and then smiles

and then the next thing you know
you're runnin
and then the next thing you know
you're runnin
and then the next thing you know
you're runnin
and then the next thing you know
you're runnin


in just another two years
you'll be finished with school
is it over already
this can't be true
nothing to worry
your CV's fully equipped
back to the bad town
to save up for the trip
and now you're flyin round the world
in the aeroplanes
missin the home people
but still tryin learn a few new names
you spend the rest of the year
in the blistering fun
with your feet in new grounds
with the one that you love

and then the next thing you know
you're runnin
and then the next thing you know
you're runnin

and now your home
and now your home
and now your home
and now your home

you trade your shorts and your tan
for a shirt and a suit
you've got a job for the long haul
you feel you're loosin your youth
and if its now that you want
to be back in school
get that out of your head
livin in the past is for fools

live with your time
you have to live with your time

in just another five years
your wife is gonna be due
and you'll never be so happy
she had the balls to make the first move
and in another 15 years
the kids are growin up
you chill with your wife
its been a hard days work
and then you go upstairs to listen
to your favourite choon
and find your kids stealin' drink
right out your room

and then the next you know
they're runnin
and then the next you know
they're runnin
and then the next you know
they're runnin
and then the next you know
they're runnin