Lyrics to
Runaway Heart

This version of Runaway Heart was released by Reba Mcentire in 1979.

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I’m rolling I’m tumbling, I’m falling apart
Cause I’ll never, no I’ll never find love
In his runaway heart

He’s a fast rushing river I can’t get across
Like an ocean of sadness, o’er which I am tossed
He never slows down, he’s always ready to fly
And when I get next to you it’s just hello
Hello and goodbye

I’m rolling I’m tumbling, I’m falling apart
Cause I’ll never, no I’ll never find love
In his runaway heart

No rope can hold down
He’s not fit to be tied
Like the wildest of horses
Nobody can ride

Freedom’s his distance
And the means to his end
So I’m giving up trying
Cause I’m just chasing, chasing the wind

I’m rolling I’m tumbling, I’m falling apart
Cause I’ll never, no I’ll never find love
In his runaway heart

In his runaway heart

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Runaway Heart, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Reba Mcentire. Some of the lyrics to Runaway Heart have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Reba Mcentire and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Runaway Heart if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Heart" means the words set to the music of Runaway Heart, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reba Mcentire. 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 Heart and the lyrics to Runaway Heart are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reba Mcentire who came here looking just for the lyrics to Runaway Heart, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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