Allegedly written in 5 minutes, Orbison improved his vocal technique in an effort to please producer Fred Foster:
On ‘Running Scared’ most of the night notes are falsetto. We had 30 musicians and Fred Foster said “How come I can’t hear the ending? We’re going to lose the record if you can’t give me...
Just runnin' scared each place we go
So afraid that he might show
Yeah, runnin' scared, what would I do?
If he came back and wanted you
Just runnin' scared, feelin' low
Runnin' scared, you love him so
Just runnin' scared, afraid to lose
If he came back which one would you choose
Then all at once he was standing there
So sure of himself, his head in the air
My heart was breaking, which one would it be
You turned around and walked away with me
Running Scared was written by Joe Melson & Roy Orbison.
Running Scared was produced by Fred Foster.