Lyrics
[verse]
Danny had a jacket and a beat-up old guitar
Marie had a suitcase and a dream about a star
They met at a diner on the edge of town
Two restless kids too wild to settle down
[verse]
Her father said she'd ruin every chance she had
Danny's mama cried and called the whole thing bad
But they climbed in a pickup with the windows rolled down low
Chasing every highway sign they didn't know
[chorus]
Young hearts, running scared and running free
Nobody's gonna tell them who they're supposed to be
They're burning through the night on a tank of gasoline and pride
Young hearts, they've got nothing left to hide
[verse]
They found a little room above a laundromat downtown
Danny sold his guitar strings just to keep the rent paid down
Marie got work at a diner, learned to smile through the ache
And every night they'd dance to whatever the radio would make
[chorus]
Young hearts, running scared and running free
Nobody's gonna tell them who they're supposed to be
They're burning through the night on a tank of gasoline and pride
Young hearts, they've got nothing left to hide
[bridge]
Someday they'll look back and laugh about the risk
But right now it's just the two of them against the whole wide list
Of everyone who said that it would never work at all
[chorus]
Young hearts, running scared and running free
Nobody's gonna tell them who they're supposed to be
They're burning through the night on a tank of gasoline and pride
Young hearts, they've got nothing left to hide