Out in the city streets   Alone and weak   From the cold and hunger   Trembling hands unfold a photograph      Mom and Dan and Ann Marie   Smiles from a distant sunrise   The only smile you've seen in days      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   Come back to me   Or I will fade away      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I still believe in you   My runaway      Jesse and Willy Lee   Play in the street   While their mother wonders   "Why won't they listen to a word I say?"      I sing a lullaby   To the baby in my arms   And the laughter fades away      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   Come back to me   Or I will fade away      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I still believe in you   My runaway      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I'm sending hope   For the runaway      Somewhere a flash of light   Cuts through the night   Like a lighthouse callin'   All of the lost and forgotten      And I made a vow I will continue   'Til I find you   I'll never stop, I'll never stop believein'      I will wait for you forever   Sending ya'll hope for the runaway   I will wait for you forever   Sending ya'll hope for the runaway      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I'm sending hope   For the runaway      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I'm sending hope   For the runaway      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I still believe in you   My runaway      Come back to me   Come back my darlin'   I'm sending hope   For the runaway