written by John Hiatt

© Careers-BMG Publishing Inc (BMI)



Could have been the kiss of my life

Could have been the death of me

Coulda been that I was just too scared

To wait around and see



You coulda been a guardian angel

I coulda been the wicked one

Besides the buttons on our shirts

What else did we leave undone



When we ran

When we ran

When we ran

Was it just the time slipping through our hands

Right through our hands



Maybe I was trying to tell you

I've never known a love so strong

Maybe in the shadows of the night

We just couldn't tell right from wrong



Maybe it's a real life story

Living with a sad regret

Maybe you were just a sweet dream baby

Something that I'll never forget



When we ran

When we ran

When we ran

Was it just the time slipping through our hands



You only had to say the words

I would have turned around and heard

But as it is we can't look back



The mind is just a loose cannon baby

And the memories are rolling dice

We found something one time baby

But we thought about it twice



And we ran

And we ran

And we ran

And we ran

And we ran

And we ran