This song was the lead single off of the 2014 EP Super Fake Nice, sElf’s first release in nine years after Ornament and Crime was buried due to legal reasons. Regarding this song, Mahaffey said:
I’ve always been inspired by the sample I used, ‘Do That Stuff’ by Parliament. ‘Runaway’ is easily the f...
[Verse 1]
She said, "Let's take a ride, just step inside, before we get older"
She's got eyes in the back of her head, looking side to side and over her shoulders
Just tell me what you want to do, maybe get some food or take in a movie?
She said, "Let's dance 'til the world explodes and the fifty-foot speakers reach overload"
[Chorus]
She's got me asking her "why?"
Tell me what you're running from
Little runaway
Pain is not the only thing
That will catch up to you one day
[Verse 2]
With one hand on the wheel, the other's filling her cup
A real gone girl, she's bagging her bones up
I said, "Be careful, the life you lead could be lonely, lonely"
She said, "You're caught in the eye of the storm, maybe nothing's wrong, just catch up to me"
[Chorus]
She's got me asking her "why?"
Tell me what you're running from
Little runaway
Pain is not the only thing
That will catch up to you one day
[Break]
(That will catch up to you one day)
[Chorus]
She's got me asking her "why?"
Tell me what you're running from
Little runaway
Love, it is the only thing
That will catch up to you one day
Runaway was written by George Clinton & Garry Shider & Bernie Worrell & Matt Mahaffey.
Runaway was produced by Matt Mahaffey.