Lyrics to
On The Run

This version of On The Run was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1979.

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Whatever I do,where-ever I go,the same afterglow
Is keepin’ me low,don’t wanna lose it,
But don’t wanna stay here too long.

They see you go by,I tell you no lie,
You’re up in the sky,make everyone cry,
Don’t wanna lose it,but don’t wanna stay around here.

I’m on the run again
But it’s like what they say when it happens this way
You gotta do it again and again.

I hear them talkin’ and they go on and on,they think that
Nothing is wrong,and so they just carry on about you,
Don’t wanna lose it,but I gotta move out of here.

I see them waiting there for most of the day,I known
You asked them to stay but they just won’t go away.
Don’t wanna lose it,but I gotta do it again.

I know it ain’t real,but when you are near,
You’re saying the things that I wanna hear.
Don’t wanna lose it,but I gotta do it again.

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The lyrics for On The Run are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to On The Run have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for On The Run - Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to On The Run by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in multiple ways. 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 On The Run" means the words set to the music of On The Run, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 On The Run and the lyrics to On The Run are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to On The Run, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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