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XTC

Runaways

Release date: 12th February 1982

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"Runaways" is a track by XTC, from the album English Settlement, released 12th February 1982. Full lyrics are available below.

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XTC

XTC

Lyrics

Runaways

[Chorus]

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home)

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home)

[Verse 1]

Daddy hit you in a temper

But he's sorry now

(Please come home)

Just a quarrel had with mummy

Just a family row

(Please come home)

[Pre-Chorus 1]

You caught mum chasing dad with a knife

(Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry)

You ran away to escape from the fights

(Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry)

Now you're lost in a maze of neon light

And she's worried, he's worried

She's worried, oh

[Chorus]

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home)

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home)

[Verse 2]

Pacing street lamps on the highway

Haystack for your bed

(Please come home)

In the morning we will find you

In papers to be read

(Please come home)

[Pre-Chorus 2]

You heard screams from the warmth of your bed

(Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry)

You slumbered on without being fed

(Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry)

Now there's no more tears to be shed

And she's sorry, he's sorry

She's sorry, oh

[Outro]

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home, please come home)

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home, please come home, please come home)

Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway

(Please come home, please come home, please come home)

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Track details

From English Settlement

1982
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Album
English Settlement
English Settlement
XTC
Release year
1982
  1. —It's Nearly Africa
  2. —Down in the Cockpit
  3. —English Roundabout
  4. —Runaways
  5. —Snowman
  6. —Knuckle Down
  7. —Fly on the Wall
  8. —Jason and the Argonauts
  9. —Leisure
  10. —Melt the Guns
  11. —Yacht Dance
  12. —All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)
  13. —Senses Working Overtime - Remastered 2001
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