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Roadrunner (Once) [Alternative Version]

The Modern Lovers

15,230Rock1976

Song Details

Roadrunner (Once) [Alternative Version] was released on September 1, 1976 by Sanctuary Records as a part of the album The Modern Lovers

AlbumThe Modern Lovers

September 1, 1976

LabelSanctuary Records

LanguageEnglish

BPM141

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

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Lyrics

[Intro]

One, two, three, four, five, six

[Verse 1]

Roadrunner, roadrunner

Going faster miles an hour

Going right past the Stop 'n' Shop

With the radio on

I'm in love with modern mornings

I'm in love with modern late at night

And bright suburban dawnings

If I have the radio on

I'll be a Roadrunner, oh

[Instrumental]

Oh, I'm in love with the modern world

I drive alone when it's late at night

I wanna hear loud the modern sound

So I won't feel alone at night

I mean, I'm in love with the modern world

I'm also in love with all the modern girls

Also, I drive alone with the radio on

I don't feel so alone if the radio's on

I would be a Roadrunner with or without this course

That's the modern sound with the AM

[Bridge]

And say hello to the spirit of 1956

Patient in the bushes next to fifty-seven

The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick

Suburban dreams, suburban speed and it smells like heaven

I say Roadrunner once, Roadrunner twice

I'm in love with AM sound, and I'll be out all night

Roadrunner, that's right

[Instrumental]

Roadrunner, Roadrunner

Going faster miles an hour

Gonna drive into the new sunlight

With the radio on

And be in love with the modern world

Through one twenty-eight when it's dark outside

In the wintertime when it's cold outside

All alone with the AM radio on and be a Roadrunner

[Outro]

Alright, that's the modern sound (Radio on)

I got the AM (Radio on)

All alone when it's cold outside (Radio on)

Massachusetts when it's late at night (Radio on)

Massachusetts when it's dark and lonely outside (Radio on)

A Roadrunner's gone lonely, gone lonely outside (Radio on)

Oh, but I'm in love, got the (Radio on)

I'm so in love 'cause I've got the (Radio on)

I'm in love, I'm in love (Radio on)

I'm in love, I'm in love (Radio on)

Got the AM sound (Radio on)

Got the New York for the Neon sound (Radio on)

New York for the Neon, got the AM, got the power (Radio on)

Got the car, got the Neon, got the world, got the sound (Radio on)

The power of sound, the power, got the radio on (Radio on)

The AM sound, baby, late at night when I got the (Radio on)

I drive so alone, I go to Massachusetts when it's cold outside, I'm firing up the road (Radio on)

I got the radio sound and the rock and roll album, while I go (Radio on)

I said rock and roll, one, two, three, four, I'm a Roadrunner running around (Radio on)

Roadrunner once, Roadrunner twice, Roadrunner three times sounds alright (Radio on)

I said Roadrunner baby, late at night, old Massachusetts, I'm going home for the night (Radio on)

I forgot I was going home, right, you go home (Radio on)

You go home, we're gonna roll out, it's cold outside, alright (Radio on)

[Instrumental]

Alright, bye-bye

Written by: Jonathan Richman

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