songs about being on the run ?
i am trying to download songs right now with a theme of being on the run. so far the only ones i have are "freedom" by richie havens and "wanted man" by george thorogood. anyone have any good suggestions ?
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steve miller, take the money and run. 0 -
"with a gun" by steely dan
lyrics here: http://www.lyricsdepot.com/steely-dan/with-a-gun.html
"take the money and run" by The Steve Miller Band0 -
http://artists.letssingit.com/bobby-fuller-four-i-fought-the-law-and-the-law-won-fx4r9mq
I FOUGHT THE LAW
The Bobby Fuller Four
(Sonny Curtis)
(A') Breakin' rocks in the ... hot sun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I needed money, 'cause I ... had none
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
Well, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
(Instrumental Break)
Robbin' people with a . . . SIX gun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I miss my baby and the ... good fun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
But, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
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Don't forget Warren Zevon, "Lawyers Guns and Money"
Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too
I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this
I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between the rock and the hard place
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The $h*t has hit the fan
Send lawyers, guns and money...0 -
Band on the run
Stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever,
Never seeing no one nice again like you,
Mama you, mama you.
If I ever get out of here,
Thought of giving it all away
To a registered charity.
All I need is a pint a day
If I ever get out of here.
Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun,
And the first one said to the second one there I hope youre having fun.
Band on the run, band on the run.
And the jailer man and sailor sam were searching every one
For the band on the run, band on the run, band on the run, band on the run
Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh seeing no one else had come,
And a bell was ringing in the village square for the rabbits on the run.
Band on the run, band on the run.
And the jailer man and sailor sam, were searching every one
For the band on the run, band on the run, band on the run, band on the run
Well, the night was falling as the desert world began to settle down.
In the town theyre searching for us every where, but we never w ill be found.
Band on the run, band on the run
And the county judge, who held a grudge
Will search for evermore
For the band on the run, band on the run, band on the run, band on the run0 -
quote:Originally posted by BarkingDog
i am trying to download songs right now with a theme of being on the run. so far the only ones i have are "freedom" by richie havens and "wanted man" by george thorogood. anyone have any good suggestions ?
Renegade by Styx. One of Styx's best songs, actually.0 -
Runaway Lyrics
Artist: Del Shannon
Album: Runaway
As I walk along,
I wonder what went wrong,
With our love, a love that was so strong.
And as I still walk on,
I think of the things we've done
Together, a-while our hearts were young.
I'm a-walkin' in the rain,
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain,
Wishin' you were here by me,
To end this misery
And I wonder--
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder,
Why,
Why, why, why, why, why she ran away,
Yes, and I wonder,
A-where she will stay-ay,
My little runaway,
Run, run, run, run, runaway.
I'm a-walkin' in the rain,
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain,
Wishin' you were here by me,
To end this misery
And I wonder--
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder,
Why,
Why, why, why, why, why she ran away,
Yes, and I wonder,
A-where she will stay-ay,
My little runaway,
Run, run, run, run, runaway.
Run, run, run, run, runaway.
Run, run, run, run, runaway.
A CLASSIC..........0 -
johnny cash gods gonna cut you down run on. 0 -
Sure like Del Shannon.
Doug0 -
YOU DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE IN YOUR OPENING POST IF IT WAS PEOPLE ON THE RUN / RUNNING AWAY THAT YOU WANTED SONGS ABOUT, DID YOU ??
COULD THIS ALSO ABOUT ANIMALS OR OTHER THINGS BESIDES PEOPLE??
SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE AND GIVE YOU THIS CLASSIC SONG ABOUT BEING ON THE MOVE OR BEING ON THE RUN !!!
Rawhide Lyrics
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just rope and throw and grab 'em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart's calculatin'
My true love will be waitin', be waiting at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em out,
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!
Set 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out,
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide.
Full Lyrics
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rawhide!
Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them dogies rollin'
Rawhide!
Rain and wind and weather
Hell-bent for leather
Wishin' my gal was by my side.
All the things I'm missin',
Good vittles, love, and kissin',
Are waiting at the end of my ride
CHORUS
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide
Count 'em out, ride 'em in,
Ride 'em in, count 'em out,
Count 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them dogies movin'
Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope, throw, and brand 'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
My hearts calculatin'
My true love will be waitin',
Be waitin' at the end of my ride.
Rawhide!
Rawhide!0 -
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty 0 -
I know Springsteen is not a real popular guy here, but this is off of what I think is his best albumn, "Nebraska," song of the same name:
I saw her standin on her front lawn just twirlin her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
From the town of lincoln nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of wyoming I killed everything in my path
I cant say that Im sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin right there on my lap
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my sould
Be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess theres just a meanness in this world0 -
Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver and a host of other bands who played it -
Leaving On a Jet Plane
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking, its early morn, the taxis waiting, he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you'll never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again, oh babe, I hate to go.
There's so many times I let you down
So many times I played around
I tell you now, they dont mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again, oh babe, I hate to go.
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes, I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come,
when I won't have to leave alone,
about the times, I won't have to say...
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again, oh babe, I hate to go...0 -
Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
1975
Live
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
girl I want to know if love is real
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run0 -
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! oh!
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
Yeah! all around in my home town,
They're tryin to track me down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:
Oh, now, now. oh!
I shot the sheriff. - the sheriff.
(but I swear it was in self-defence.)
Oh, no! yeah!
I say: I shot the sheriff - oh, lord! -
(and they say it is a capital offence.)
Yeah! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow -
He said kill them before they grow.
And so:
Read it in the news:
I shot the sheriff. oh, lord!
(but I swear it was in self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shot the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence. (oo-oh) yeah!
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down,
So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say:
If I am guilty I will pay.
I shot the sheriff,
But I say but I didn't shoot no deputy,
I didnt shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
I shot the sheriff. I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy. oh! (oo-oo-ooh)
Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
I say:
I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
Lord, I didnt shot the deputy. yeah!
I - I shot the sheriff -
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! no, yeah!0 -
I like wanted man by Johnny Cash. 0 -
sort of on the same topic but not really on the run songs might me steven stills, tree top flyer
or arlo gutheri comming in to los angales.0 -
something a bit diffrent 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZeaBwDmN2E&mode=related&search=0 -
"Indiana Wants Me" Don't remember the artist. 0 -
1970 - Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to
If a man ever needed dyin', he did
No one had the right to say what he said about you
And it's so cold and lonely here without you
Out there, the law's a-comin'
I'm scared 'n so tired of runnin'
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to
It hurts to see the man that I've become
And to know I'll never see the mornin' sunshine on the land
I'll never see your smilin' face or touch your hand
If just once more I could see
You, our home, and our little baby
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
(instrumental bridge, wailing police car siren)
I wish I had you to talk to
I hope this letter finds its way to you
Forgive me, love, for the shame I put you through and all the tears
Hang on, love, to the memories of those happy years
Red lights are flashin' around me
Yeah, love, it looks like they found me
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
(spoken as the last lines are sung)
This is the police. You are surrounded. Give yourself up.
This is the police. Give yourself up. You are surrounded.
(gunshots sound and song fades)0 -
ponoco and lefty ( waylon and willie) or desperado 0 -
I do agree with doug, Del Shannon is nice[8D] 0 -
allot of songs about running.
from the law, from yourself all sorts of running one can do.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LQLO4oVg4
which type are you looking for.
van halen you could run with the devil
or iron maden you can run to the hills.
more out there might be something like deportee by joan baez.
many many many songs.0 -
Hey Joe
Run Joey run
The Fugitive Merle haggard0 -
Mr Shorty Marty Robbins
Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi0 -
C.C.R. - RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE
Whoa, thought it was a nightmare,
Lo, its all so true,
They told me, dont go walkin slow
cause devils on the loose.
Chorus:
Better run through the jungle,
Better run through the jungle,
Better run through the jungle,
Woa, dont look back to see.
Thought I heard a rumblin
Callin to my name,
Two hundred million guns are loaded
Satan cries, take aim!
Chorus
Over on the mountain
Thunder magic spoke,
Let the people know my wisdom,
Fill the land with smoke.
Chorus0 -
I like that Merle Haggard song. 0 -
Can't you see...MTB 0 -
FOLKS, AND HERE'S ONE I KNOW YOUR REALLY GONNA LIKE ( QUOTE FROM ROCKET J. SQUIRREL ) ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE SHOW.....
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran - 1982
I walked along the avenue.
I never thought Id meet a girl like you;
Meet a girl like you.
With auburn hair and tawny eyes;
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through;
Hypnotize me through.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldnt get away.
A cloud appears above your head;
A beam of light comes shining down on you,
Shining down on you.
The cloud is moving nearer still.
Aurora borealis comes in view;
Aurora comes in view.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldnt get away.
Reached out a hand to touch your face;
Youre slowly disappearing from my view;
Disappearing from my view.
Reached out a hand to try again;
Im floating in a beam of light with you;
A beam of light with you.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldnt get away.0 -
"Whiskey In The Jar", Metallica. Though this ends with the outlaw in prison, so maybe doesn't qualify. 0
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