Reply #54: 'Runaway' - Del Shannon

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That was really an easy question, actually. I very distincly remember 'Runaway' from my infancy. It shaped my destiny, so to speak. I left home at 15 and never looked back. Put myself through college (with grants, of course) and "made something of myself". It all worked out well and my father and I are very close. If anyone's interested, I HAD to leave home. My (ex)step-mother was/is evil personified and I kept getting the shit beat out of me at school for being a fag - and no one cared. Damn - their gaydar was good for being a bunch of worthless rednecks! There was nothing I could do to "butch it up" that worked. I was one of those extremely "pretty" boys. It worked to my advantage when I started wearing my hair long and wore nothing but leather.