Lyrics to
Runaway

This version of Runaway was released by Status Quo in 1979.

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Riding on a high
Riding so high now I’m leaving
Am I running far from my own fears
I’m never facing up
I never face up to the reasons
And never showing any of my tears
Cos I
Leave out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time

And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I’m on the run, run, run, I’m falling
Run, run I’m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Take me far away
Take me away to an island
And leave me hear to cry in my own tears
Try me once again
Try me again when you’re passing
Maybe I’ll remember you in years

I can’t go out the back way
Just the way that I came in
I hope it seems like the logical way, at the time

Beacuse I’ll run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I’m on the run, run, run, I’m falling
Run, run I’m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Looking for so long
But I am listening longer
I haven’t seen or heard a thing from you
I can’t stay here
I couldn’t stay here if you paid me
I can’t give you any guarantees
I won’t
Go out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time

And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I’m on the run, run, run, I’m falling
Run, run I’m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
I always will remember my needs
I said,I always will remember my needs

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About Lyrics and Runaway by Status Quo

The lyrics to Runaway are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Runaway have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo 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 Runaway by Status Quo. 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 Runaway" means the words set to the music of Runaway, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Runaway and the lyrics to Runaway are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Runaway, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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