Runaway child little wild child better run for home
Your mother's in the kitchen and she's crying on her own
Crying on her own now her little bird has flown
Put her mind at ease send a letter home
Runaway child wild child sleeping on the street
Sleeping in a doorway sleeping on your feet
Mother's in the kitchen but she's walking in your shoes
Don't go thinking you have nothing left to lose
Whose gonna love us when we're so down
Will there be a loving arm when we come around
Little wild child runaway child you're not on your own
There's someone waiting make that call home
Send that letter home
Make that call home
Send that letter home
Little wild child runaway child get up head for home
You're standing on the corner and you have nothing on
Standing on the corner waiting for a man
There's a bad one out there and he'll hurt you if he can
Runaway child little wild child in a downward spin
Spinning from the needle it's a sorry state you're in
Spin from the needle from the needle to the street
From the street back to the needle just to keep you on your feet
Whose gonna love us when we're so down
Will there be a loving arm when we come around
Little wild child runaway child you're not on your own
There's someone waiting make that call home
Send that letter home
Make that call home
Send that letter home