Beatrix runs because she knows that her heart beats like a vagabond's Breathing hard, looking back, her past is breathing down her neck Up the hill, through the gate, across a bridge, oh it is taking her away Mama and dad are fast asleep and the sunrise creeping down the street We'll wake up soon, but there's no no, she's gone, she's taken by the road A little girl in a dress, like a ghost swallowed by the mist Don't tell me how to live my life, tell me how to be alive Mama dear, daddy dear, you know I'll be alright Of all those lessons you could teach, you fail to practice what you preach Mama dear, daddy dear, I don't belong to you, I'm headed for the night Beatrix runs because she feels there's a mire sucking at her heels A broken dress, a waiting mold, good girls do what they've been told And up ahead there's a flash, it is dawn and she is gone Don't tell me how to live my life, tell me how to be alive Mama dear, daddy dear, you know I'll be alright Of all those lessons you could teach, you fail to practice what you preach Mama dear, daddy dear, I'm leaving at first light And all those plans you made for me, the darling room will never be The soccer shoes and magazines, I'm leaving them behind Those pictures hanging on the wall, they're telling me it's all my fault But I can hear another voice, it's calling me away, away, away Ooh, ooh Don't tell me how to live my life, tell me how to be alive Mama dear, daddy dear, you know I'll be alright The road is waiting in the haze, the peaks and valleys of my days And all I know is wherever I, wherever I may go, I'll be alright I'm headed for the night