I wrote this long ago, and recall being pleased with it being a folk-style song where the verse and chorus use the same chord progression, though with a bit different melodies. “I left home at 17” seemed like a good way to start the album; I updated e lyrics to better fit the overall theme. Enjoy the ride!

I left home at seventeen my head up in the stars  
with 15 dollars and this old guitar 

I lived on a mountain I lived by the sea
I wandered through the wilderness trying to be free

You can Run Baby Run  
hide baby hide  
it don’t matter where you go  
if you enjoy the ride 

We are only strangers in this uncertain land
All a man can ever do is do the best he can

We survived the plague we survived the flood
I think we done pretty good if you don’t mind some blood

Run Baby Run  
hide baby hide  
it don’t matter where you go
if you enjoy the ride

So it’s ashes unto ashes it’s sand unto sand
All a man will ever be is only just a man

So we’ll Run Baby Run  
hide baby hide  
it don’t matter where we go  
if we enjoy the ride

Run Baby Run  
hide baby hide  
we don’t know where we going  
so let’s enjoy this ride