[Verse 1]
Answer me, why won't you answer me?
I can't recall the day that I last heard from you
Well, you don't get a tan like this for nothing
So, here's what you've got to do
You work your way to the top of the world
Then you break your life in two
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Well, what's the use in complaining
When you've got what you don't need?
Anyone would think you were hard done to
What do you want me to believe?
[Verse 2]
What the hell is happening? I can't think of everything
I don't know what day it is or who I'm talking to
But I know that I'm okay
'Cause you're here with me today
I haven't got a single problem
Now that I'm with you
[Chorus]
So what's the use in complaining
When you've got everything you need?
Anyone would think you were hard done to
What do you want me to believe?
[Guitar Solo]
[Instrumental Outro]
Run was written by Bernard Sumner & Stephen Morris & Peter Hook & Gillian Gilbert & John Denver.
Run was produced by New Order.
The band was sued by John Denver’s song publishers as they alleged a guitar part was plagiarized from “Leaving on a Jet Plane”. The suit was settled out of court, and Denver received a writer’s credit on the song.