Lyrics to
I’m A Road Runner

This version of I’M A Road Runner was released by Steppenwolf in 1976.

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Money, who needs it
Let me live life free and easy
Put a toothbrush in my hand
And let me be a travelin’ man

‘Cause I’m a road runner, baby

I’m a road runner, baby
I can’t stay in one place too long
I’m a road runner, baby
You might look for me and I’ll be gone

You can love me if you wanna
But I, I do declare
When I get restless
I’ve got to move somewhere

I’m a road runner, baby
Anywhere’s my home
And love the life I live
And I’m gonna live the life I love

Road runner, baby

Don’t want nobody to tie me down
Got to be free, baby
To roam around

All my life it’s been like this
If you love me it’s your own risk
When the dust hits my shoe
I’ve got the urge to move

‘Cause I’m the road runner, baby
Anywhere’s my home
And love the life I live
And I’m gonna live the life I love

Road runner, baby

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Steppenwolf has released many songs over the years besides I’M A Road Runner. Steppenwolf released songs from 1968 to 1990 spanning across albums like The Second, Steppenwolf, Monster, At Your Birthday Party, 7, For Ladies Only, Slow Flux, Hour Of The Wolf, Skullduggery, Wolftracks, Paradox, Rock & Roll Rebels, and Rise & Shine. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Steppenwolf.

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About Lyrics and I’M A Road Runner by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to I’M A Road Runner are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steppenwolf used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to I’M A Road Runner have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Steppenwolf and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I’M A Road Runner by Steppenwolf. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’M A Road Runner" means the words set to the music of I’M A Road Runner, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’M A Road Runner and the lyrics to I’M A Road Runner are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M A Road Runner, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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