I slept with Sable when she was 13
Her parents were too rich to do anything
She rocked her way around L.A.
'Til a New York guy carried her awayLook away, look awayNow, he was blond and she was dark
They called him Thunder 'cause he had the spark
The dream he dreamed was straight and pure
But the confusion of life was gonna get him for sureLook away, look awayThey shared their clothes and their cowboy boots
Left them all over the floor while they dyed their roots
They live the dream and they went non-stop
They did okay 'til the band broke upLook away, look away
Look away, look away
Look awayUnfortunately, the needle broke
Their rock and roll love like a bicycle spoke
I found her in a back street with her looks half gone
She was sellin' something that I was onLook away, look awayNow, Thunder and me did not part friends
What we done once, I wouldn't do again
So he stayed with the pure dream and followed the moon
Till the drugs in his body made his mind a cartoonLook away, look awaySo a few years later Thunder died broke
Sable had a baby back at her folks
Me, I went straight and serious too
There wasn't much else that I could doI look away, look awaySo now that I'm straight, I'm settled too
I eat and I sleep and I work like you
I got lots of feelings but I hold them down
That's a way I can cope with this shitty townI look away, look away
Look away, look away