Lyrics to
Runnin’ With The Devil

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I live my life like there’s no tomorrow
And all I’ve got I had to steal
Least I don’t need to beg or borrow
Yes, I’m living at a pace that kills
Runnin’ with the devil
Runnin’ with the devil
I’ll tell y’all about it
I found the simple life ain’t so simple
When I jumped out on that road
I got no love, no love you’d call real
Ain’t got nobody waiting at home
Runnin’ with the devil
God damn it lady, you know I ain’t lying to ya
I’m wanna tell you one time
Aah-yeah
Running with the devil
Yes I am
Yeah

Woo
Woo

You know I, I found the simple life, weren’t so simple, no
When I jumped out on that road
Got no love, no love you’d call real
Got nobody waiting at home
Runnin’ with the devil
Runnin’ with the devil
Runnin’ with the devil
Runnin’ with the devil

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Van Halen has released many songs over the years besides Runnin’ With The Devil. Van Halen released songs from 1978 to 1998 spanning across albums like Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women And Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down, 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), 5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance, and Van Halen III. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Halen.

About Lyrics and Runnin’ With The Devil by Van Halen

The lyrics for Runnin’ With The Devil are defined as the words making up the song released by Van Halen in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Runnin’ With The Devil have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Van Halen and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Runnin’ With The Devil by Van Halen 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 Runnin’ With The Devil" means the words set to the music of Runnin’ With The Devil, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Halen. 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’ With The Devil and the lyrics to Runnin’ With The Devil are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Halen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Runnin’ With The Devil, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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