Runaways
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About Runaways
Songfacts reported that the bare bones of this song were written in 2009 on the Day & Age tour. "We never knew what to do with it. Day and Age was us trying to be more of a pop group, but Runaways was rootsy and American, and it threw me for a curve," said Flowers. "I knew it was a powerful song. But when it came time to make the album, there was an understanding the four of us had that we were gonna do what we're good at. The Killers write a specific kind of song, and we're not gonna shy away from it. .
Runaways Lyrics
[00:28.18] Blonde hair blowing in the summer wind
[00:31.91] A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand
[00:35.96] I'd been on her trail for a little while
[00:39.98] But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand
[00:45.33] A teenage rush
[00:47.59] She said, "Ain't we all just runaways? We got time"
[00:53.45] But that ain't much
[00:55.87] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[01:03.61] You gotta know that this is real, baby
[01:06.39] Why you wanna fight it?
[01:07.98] It's the one thing you can choose, oh
[01:12.75]
[01:16.10] We got engaged on a Friday night
[01:19.92] I swore on the head of our unborn child
[01:23.91] That I could take care of the three of us
[01:27.73] But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild
[01:32.89] It's in my blood
[01:36.06] He said she might just run away somewhere else
[01:40.62] Someplace good
[01:43.03] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[01:50.85] You gotta know that this is real, baby
[01:53.70] Why you wanna fight it?
[01:55.01] It's the one thing you can choose
[01:58.85] Let's take a chance, baby, we can't lose
[02:01.80] Ain't we all just runaways?
[02:06.15] I knew it when I met you
[02:08.33] I'm not gonna let you run away
[02:13.88] I knew it when I held you
[02:16.02] I wasn't letting go
[02:18.44] We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams
[02:22.72] Hold each other 'til the morning light
[02:26.74] We used to laugh, now we only fight
[02:30.92] Baby, are you lonesome now?
[02:36.14] At night I come home after they go to sleep
[02:40.28] Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls
[02:44.20] There's a picture of us on our wedding day
[02:48.08] I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls
[02:55.78] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[03:03.75] Oh, we're caught up in the appeal, baby
[03:06.44] Why you wanna hide it?
[03:07.90] It's the last thing on my mind
[03:10.24] (Why you wanna hide it?)
[03:12.12] I turn the engine over and my body just comes alive
[03:18.69] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:22.95] I knew it when I met you
[03:25.13] I'm not gonna let you run away
[03:30.82] I knew it when I held you
[03:32.75] I wasn't letting go
[03:34.58] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[03:36.44] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:39.39] Yeah, runaways
[03:44.25] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:47.25] Yeah
[03:49.99]
[00:31.91] A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand
[00:35.96] I'd been on her trail for a little while
[00:39.98] But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand
[00:45.33] A teenage rush
[00:47.59] She said, "Ain't we all just runaways? We got time"
[00:53.45] But that ain't much
[00:55.87] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[01:03.61] You gotta know that this is real, baby
[01:06.39] Why you wanna fight it?
[01:07.98] It's the one thing you can choose, oh
[01:12.75]
[01:16.10] We got engaged on a Friday night
[01:19.92] I swore on the head of our unborn child
[01:23.91] That I could take care of the three of us
[01:27.73] But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild
[01:32.89] It's in my blood
[01:36.06] He said she might just run away somewhere else
[01:40.62] Someplace good
[01:43.03] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[01:50.85] You gotta know that this is real, baby
[01:53.70] Why you wanna fight it?
[01:55.01] It's the one thing you can choose
[01:58.85] Let's take a chance, baby, we can't lose
[02:01.80] Ain't we all just runaways?
[02:06.15] I knew it when I met you
[02:08.33] I'm not gonna let you run away
[02:13.88] I knew it when I held you
[02:16.02] I wasn't letting go
[02:18.44] We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams
[02:22.72] Hold each other 'til the morning light
[02:26.74] We used to laugh, now we only fight
[02:30.92] Baby, are you lonesome now?
[02:36.14] At night I come home after they go to sleep
[02:40.28] Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls
[02:44.20] There's a picture of us on our wedding day
[02:48.08] I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls
[02:55.78] We can't wait 'til tomorrow
[03:03.75] Oh, we're caught up in the appeal, baby
[03:06.44] Why you wanna hide it?
[03:07.90] It's the last thing on my mind
[03:10.24] (Why you wanna hide it?)
[03:12.12] I turn the engine over and my body just comes alive
[03:18.69] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:22.95] I knew it when I met you
[03:25.13] I'm not gonna let you run away
[03:30.82] I knew it when I held you
[03:32.75] I wasn't letting go
[03:34.58] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[03:36.44] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:39.39] Yeah, runaways
[03:44.25] Ain't we all just runaways?
[03:47.25] Yeah
[03:49.99]
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