Lyrics to
Run Like A Thief

Released by Bonnie Raitt in 1975
From the Album: Home Plate |

This version of Run Like A Thief was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1975.

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Well it was alright at midnight and you fell out at three
So I made you warm and stoked the dying fire
When it all came down this morning you were lying next to me
How sweet the wine of desire
Well we cheated on a friend and cheaters never win
Oh the truth I know would be a small relief
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
Gonna run in the night hide when ever it’s light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Just ain’t no use think it over I was blind but now I see
Well she’s coming back and I know just what I’ll do
If it comes right down to you leaving her or staying here with me
How sweet the memory of you
Well we cheated on a friend and it looks like I lose again
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
I’d rather run in the night hide when ever it’s light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Like a thief in the night hide when ever it’s light
Gonna run in the night like a thief


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Bonnie Raitt has released many songs over the years besides Run Like A Thief. Bonnie Raitt released songs from 1971 to 2005 spanning across albums like Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, Takin' My Time, Streetlights, Home Plate, Sweet Forgiveness, The Glow, Green Light, Nine Lives, Nick Of Time, Luck Of The Draw, Longing In Their Hearts, Fundamental, Silver Lining, and Souls Alike. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Raitt.

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About Lyrics and Run Like A Thief by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics for Run Like A Thief are defined as the words making up the song released by Bonnie Raitt in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Run Like A Thief have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bonnie Raitt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Run Like A Thief by Bonnie Raitt if you think through it. 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 Run Like A Thief" means the words set to the music of Run Like A Thief, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Run Like A Thief and the lyrics to Run Like A Thief are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Run Like A Thief, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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