Walk Away Joe (Live)

momma told her baby girl take it real slow

girl told her momma hey i really gotta go

he's waiting in the car

momma said girl you won't get far

and though i saw the dreams of an average jane

ninety miles an hour down a lovers lane

on a tank of dreams oh she could have only seen

but fate's got cards that it don't want to show

no cause that boy's just a walkaway joe

born to be a leaver

tell you from the word go destined to deceive her

he's a wrong kinda paradise

she's gonna know it in a matter of time

that boy's just a walkaway joe

now just a little while in abilene

he pulls into his station and he wipes it clean

she's waiting in the car

underneath the texaco star

she only wanted love didn't bargain for this

she can't help but love him for the way that he is

she's only seventeen oh and there ain't no reasoning

so she ride this ride as far as it will go yeah

that boy's just a walkaway joe

born to be a leaver

tell you from the word go destined to deceive her

he's the wrong kind of paradise

she's gonna know it in a matter of time

that boy's just a walkaway joe

somewhere in a roadside motel room alone in the silence

she wakes up too soon and reaches for his arms

she'll just keep reaching on for the cold hard

truth revealed what it had known

cause that boy's just a walkaway joe

born to be a leaver

tell you from the word

go destined to deceive her

he's a wrong kinda paradise

she's gonna know it in a matter of time

that boy's just a walkaway joe

oh yeah

that boy's just a walkaway joe oh

that boy's just a walkaway joe