1. Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who

2. But I know the neighbourhood, and talk is cheap when the story is good,

3. You're thinking up your white lies, you're putting on your bedroom eyes,

1. heard it from another you been messin' around.

2. and the tales grow taller on down the line.

3. you say you're coming home, but you won't say when.

1. They say you got a boy friend, you're up there every weekend,

2. But I'm telling you, babe, that I don't think it's true, babe,

3. But I can feel it coming, if you leave tonight, keep running,

1. they're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down.

2. and even if it is, keep this in mind.

3. and you need never look back again.

You take it on the run, baby, if that's the way you want it, baby, then I don't want you around.

I don't believe it, not for a minute you're under the gun, so you take it on the run.

Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another you been messin' around.