It's that time of year, all my friends are leaving town to go out and get their kicks before that snow starts fallin down it's that time of year all my friends are leaving town i'm so tired of sayin goodbye all the people that i miss are making my stomach sick i'm just so tired of sayin goodbye, sayin goodbye It's that time of year, all my friends are leaving town to go out and get their kicks before that snow starts fallin down it's that time of year all my friends are leaving town i'm so tired of sayin goodbye all the people that i miss are making my stomach sick i'm just so tired of sayin goodbye i wish you would ask me to run away cause i'm really good at running away i've got one foot out the door and the other foot don't work that well my eyes on the horizon and my head up in the clouds my heads up in the clouds i crave adventure and i wanna be made aware of my mortality, everyday i wanna be humbled and awed by the world around me and i know it's mostly up to me cause i was born with everything i need i can make my own fun i'll grab my banjo, my backpack, my bb gun cause just like the boss i was born to run, i was born to run i love the arcade it is my home, they are my family we've got a garden, a porch, 2 dogs, 4 walls and a community i love the arcade, my home, my family so tonight i'll have a drink for all my pals out on the road i hope the weather suits your taste stay free, stay safe, stay weird, stay warm i hope the highways and the train tracks take you where you wanna be and i hope that if you get homesick you'l stop and think of me go ramble far and fast, lord knows i've had my turn and while you see what mysteries lie abroad ill stay back and hold the fort when the horizons that you're chasing lead you back this way maybe we'll have built something here worthwhile to make you wanna stay and someday soon maybe i'll join your scattered ranks when my blind optimism runs dry when the weight of distance is just too much to bear ill take my first step out that door and there aint no tellin where ill go from there for now you all know where i`ll be if you ever wanan write to me if you ever need a place to stay if you ever want to hide away if you ever wanna play a show back here in toronto for now you all know where i`ll be till the next time i run away run away, i`ll run away till the next time i run away run away, i`ll run away its that time of year all my friends are leaving town