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Runaways was released on January 1, 2012 by Island Records as a part of the album Battle Born

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

Vocals

Dave Keuning

Guitar

Mark Stoermer

Bass

Ronnie Vannucci

Ronnie Vannucci

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dave Keuning

Composer

Ronnie Vannucci

Ronnie Vannucci

Composer

Mark Stoermer

Composer

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brendan O'Brien

Brendan O'Brien

Producer

Damian Taylor

Producer

Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

Co-Producer

Robert Root

Recording Engineer

Alan Moulder

Mixing Engineer

Catherine Marks

Catherine Marks

Mixing Engineer

John Catlin

Mixing Engineer

Felix Rashman

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Joe LaPorta

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Blonde hair blowing in the summer wind

A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand

I'd been on her trail for a little while

But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand

A teenage rush

She said, "Ain't we all just runaways? We got time"

But that ain't much

[PreChorus]

We can't wait till tomorrow

You got to know that this is real, baby, why you want to fight it?

It's the one thing you can choose, oh!

[Verse 2]

We got engaged on a Friday night

I swore on the head of our unborn child

That I could take care of the three of us

But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild

It's in my blood

She said she might just run away somewhere else

Someplace good

[PreChorus]

We can't wait till tomorrow

You got to know that this is real, baby, why you want to fight it?

It's the one thing you can choose

Let's take a chance, baby, we can't lose

[Chorus]

Ain't we all just runaways?

I knew it when I met you, I'm not going to let you run away

I knew it when I held you, I wasn't letting go

[Bridge]

We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams

Hold each other till the morning light

We used to laugh, now we only fight

Baby, are you lonesome now?

[Verse 3]

At night I come home after they go to sleep

Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls

There's a picture of us on our wedding day

I recognize the girl, but I can't settle in these walls

[PreChorus]

We can't wait till tomorrow

Oh, we're caught up in the appeal, baby, why you wanna hide it?

It's the last thing on my mind

Why you wanna hide it?

I turn the engine over, and my body just comes alive

[Chorus]

Ain't we all just runaways?

I knew it when I met you, I'm not going to let you run away

I knew it when I held you, I wasn't letting go

[Outro]

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Ain't we all just runaways?

Yeah, runaways

Ain't we all just runaways?

Yeah

Written by: Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci

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