Lyrics to
Runnin’ Blind

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First you say one thing then you say another.
I don’t know the difference, were you lyin’ to me baby?
But it seems to me you got yourself in a bind.
Always on the road playin’ your guitar.
Leaving me at home for cryin’ out loud.
Wish you could see babe that you’re runnin’ blind, yeah!

Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’

Well it’s time for you to play all that you can say
Is “Get out of my way. Don’t be in the way”
Always hear you screamin’
I know you’re just dreamin’ of leavin’ it all behind.

Hands keep goin’ up and down
Eyes are turnin’ around and around
Your goin’ crazy and nobody minds

Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’

Oooooo! You can’t go on runnin’ blind!

Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’
Change is comin’ no more runnin’

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Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides Runnin’ Blind. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

About Lyrics and Runnin’ Blind by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to Runnin’ Blind are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reo Speedwagon used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Runnin’ Blind have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reo Speedwagon 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 Runnin’ Blind by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Runnin’ Blind" means the words set to the music of Runnin’ Blind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Runnin’ Blind and the lyrics to Runnin’ Blind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Runnin’ Blind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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