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Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

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Roadrunner was released on September 1, 1976 by Sanctuary Records as a part of the album The Modern Lovers

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman

Vocals

The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Cale

Producer

Jerry Harrison

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

One, two, three, four, five, six

[Verse 2]

Roadrunner, roadrunner

Goin' faster miles an hour

Gonna drive past the Stop & Shop

With the radio on

I'm in love with Massachusetts

And the neon when it's cold outside

And the highway when it's late at night

Got the radio on

I'm like the roadrunner

[Verse 3]

Alright

I'm in love with modern moonlight

One twenty eight when it's dark outside

I'm in love with Massachusetts

I'm in love with the radio on

It helps me from bein' alone late at night

It helps me from bein' lonely late at night

I don't feel so bad now in the car

Don't feel so alone, got the radio on

Like I'm roadrunner

That's right

[Verse 4]

Said welcome to the spirit of 1956

Patient in the bushes next to '57

The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick

Suburban trees, suburban speed

And it smells like Heaven

I say roadrunner once, roadrunner twice

I'm in love with rock and roll

And I'll be out all night

Roadrunner, that's right

[Verse 5]

Well, now

Roadrunner, roadrunner

Goin' faster miles an hour

Gonna drive to the Stop & Shop

With the radio on at night

And me in love with modern moonlight

Me in love with modern rock and roll

Modern girls and modern rock and roll

Don't feel so alone, got the radio on

Like the roadrunner

Okay, now you sing, Modern Lovers

[Verse 6]

(Radio on)

I got the AM (Radio on)

Got the car, got the AM (Radio on)

Got the AM sound, got the (Radio on)

Got the rockin' modern neon sound (Radio on)

I got the car from Massachusetts, got the (Radio on)

I've got the power of Massachusetts when it's late at night (Radio on)

I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts (Radio on)

I got the, I got the world, I've got the turnpike, got the (Radio on)

I got the, I got the power of the AM, got the (Radio on)

Oh, late at night, lit up white, rock and roll late at night (Radio on)

We've got the factories and neon signs, we've got the (Radio on)

Power of the modern sounds (Radio on)

Alright (Radio on)

[Verse 7]

Right

Bye-bye

Written by: Jonathan Richman

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