Telling the story of a woman who escapes from an abusive relationship by shooting her man, only to find herself on the run–from who, it is not clear; could it be the cops, or could it be the possibility of being entrapped in this relationship again? We discuss it throughout these annotations.
You know Mary was a woman fine
She was living with a hard guy
Yeah, Mary got beat up
One too many times
She's a runaway
She's a runaway
Mary stole some money
And she got herself a gun
Then she shot her man down
Now she's on the run
She's a runaway
She's a run, runaway
Well, she ain't looking back anymore
She said, "Catch me if you can, anymore"
Y'know she didn't wanna do it
But he just pushed her too far
Everybody got a breaking point
And, baby, there you are
She's a runaway
Run, run, run, runaway
I said she ain't looking back anymore
She said, "Catch me if you can, anymore"
Well, that's the story
Of Mary and the gun
Y'know she's a lot tougher now
She's living on the run
She's a runaway
She's a run, runaway
Run, run, run, runaway
She's a runaway
She’s a Runaway was written by Kurt Neumann & Sam Llanas.
She’s a Runaway was produced by T Bone Burnett.
BoDeans released She’s a Runaway on Wed Apr 16 1986.