she was a beautiful girl she was wild as the wind on top of the world till she fell in love with him everyone told her that he was bad news a boy goin nowhere ain t no good for you cause wild ponies are born to run don t you no wild ponies don t belong to no one so baby run run run away the first time he hit her was right after church he said he was sorry but it only got worse now she s not the same girl that she used to be he s breaking her spirit he s fencing her dreams cause wild ponies are born to run don t you know wild ponies don t belong to no one so baby run run run away she went out for groceries just an ordinary day she realized she was just a block from the interstate she sat at the stop light the wheel in her hands and when the light changed she knew this was her chance  wild ponies are born to run don t you know wild ponies don t belong to no one baby run run run away