- And now The
Temptations will sing
their newest hit
recording, "Runaway Child."
(audience cheers)
♪ You played hookie
from school ♪
♪ And you can't go
out to play, yeah ♪
♪ Mama said, for the
rest of the week ♪
♪ In your room you
gotta stay, yeah ♪
♪ Oh ho, now you feel like ♪
♪ The whole world's
pickin' on you ♪
♪ But deep down inside,
you know it ain't true ♪
♪ You're in punishment ♪
♪ 'Cause your mother
wants to raise you ♪
♪ In the right way, yeah ♪
♪ But you don't care ♪
♪ 'Cause you already
made up your mind ♪
♪ You wanna run away yeah ♪
♪ You're on your way,
runaway child, running wild ♪
♪ Runaway child running wild ♪
♪ Better go back home
where you belong ♪
♪ Roaming through the city ♪
♪ Going nowhere fast ♪
♪ You're on your own at last ♪
♪ Hey, it's gettin' late,
where will you sleep ♪
♪ You're gettin' kinda hungry ♪
♪ You forgot to bring
something to eat ♪
♪ Oh, lost with no
money you start to cry ♪
♪ But remember, you left home ♪
♪ Wantin' to be grown, so
dry your weeping eyes ♪
♪ Cry, cry, cry, oh ♪
♪ Sirens screamin' down
neon lighted streets ♪
♪ You want your mama ♪
♪ Run, run, run, run,
run, run, run, run ♪
♪ Are they looking for you? ♪
♪ You're frightened
and confused ♪
♪ I want my mama ♪
♪ Run, run, run,
run, run, run, run ♪
♪ But she's much too far away ♪
♪ She can't hear
a word you say ♪
♪ You've heard some
frightening news on the radio ♪
♪ About little boys
running away from home ♪
♪ And the parents don't
see them no more ♪
♪ You wanna stop to
hitch a ride, I know ♪
♪ But your mama told you
never trust a stranger ♪
♪ And you don't know
which way to go ♪
(applause)
