Sunday, December 22, 2024

Run

By Pamela Sue Perry

w/m copyright 6/26/10

Musical intro

Capo 2nd fret


v

You said, “I love you.”

I said, “I love you too.”

That is what I pretended to hear,

pretended to hear, pretended to hear,

pretended to hear.

v

But I played with paper dolls

when I was a girl.

I would cut them out,

dress them up,

 I had my own world.

v

In my youth

I could run like the wind.

I was faster than all the boys

they couldn’t catch me then.

v

Time has slowed me down,

Now, there is only one thing,

one thing for me to do.

c

I better run.

Run like the wind.

If I’m going to catch the boys

I have to run. Umm, umm.

Run like the wind.

v

You put ideas in my head.

All your words filled me with hope

I believed what you said.

v

Paper dolls never hurt me then.

Each story I told had to end.

You broke my heart

And I can’t let it go

There is only one thing you need to know.

c

Run. You better run.

Run like the wind.

Don’t look back boy

Don’t look over your shoulder.

You better run. Umm, umm.

Run like the wind.

v

I made you into

more than what was there

I breathed life into paper-thin air

v

But I played with paper dolls

when I was a girl.

I would cut them out,

dress them up.

I had my own world.

Now there is only one thing,

only one thing for me to do.

c

I have to run.

Run like the wind.

You broke my heart.

You better run.

Don’t look back boy.

Run like the wind.

Umm, umm. Umm, umm.

Ending

Harmonics on ninth and seventh frets:

                       Run              like

                        the            wind