Runaway Love’ (1978) reached number 3 in the US R&B charts.
RUNAWAY LOVE By LiNDA CLIFFORD.(1978)
INTRO:C#m D/C#m D/C#m D/Bm Dm7b5/
Am Bm/Am Bm/Am Bm/Am Bm/
(Talking Part)
Hey, baby, where you going
Now wait a minute
You can't leave now Again?
Now we been through this before
And I'm tired, that's right I'm tired
Sick and tired of the
Same old thing over and over
(CHORUS)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
Am
You're slick here
Bm
Playing with my feelings
Am
You keep messing round
Bm
Playing with my heart
Am
I find the things that you say
Bm
They don't have no meaning
Am
And that is why I know
Bm
We're gonna have to part
(CHORUS)
Am Bm
Stop playing with my heart if you don't mean
Am Bm
and stop playing with my heart if you dont careAm
Am Bm
don't go around making jokes bout how you're
useing me
Am
Cause I ain't got no
Bm
Heartaches to spare
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just-a keep on running away
Run away, run away)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
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(Running, running, running)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
E
Don't come around
D
Holding me and kissing me
E
Talking all that jive
D
And getting my feelings up
E
If you're leaving me and running
D
Off to someone else's arms
Bm
Breaking up my heart and soul
E
And leaving me stuck
Am
With all my tears
D
Heartaches and emotions
Am
I'm all hung up with
D
Love and devotions
Am
So stop messing with my heart
Bm
If you don't mean it
Am
And stop messing with my love
Bm
If you don't care
Don't come here
Am
Talking bout loving, no thar
Bm
You are using me
Am
Cause I ain't got no
Bm
Heartaches to spare
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just A-running, just A-running
In and out of my life)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Where you gonna
Run to this time, ba by)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(You can go if you want to
You can go, you can go)
You're a runaway love
(Don't come back next time)
Ow, get down, uh huh
Yeah, shake it
Uh huh, do your thing
Don't you feel it
Don't you feel it
Yeah, yeah...
E
Don't come around
D
Holding me and kissing me
E
Talking all that jive
D
And getting my feelings up
E
Then leaving me and running
D
Off to someone else's arms
Bm
Breaking up my heart and soul
E
And leaving me stuck
Am
With all my tears
Bm
My heartaches and emotions
Am
I'm all hung up with
Bm
Love and devotions
Am
So stop messing with my heart
Dm
If you don't mean it
Am
Hey, stop messing with my love
Am
If you don't care
Am
Don't come here
tang bout love and
Bm
You know you're using me
Am
Baby, I ain't got no
Bm
Heartaches to spare
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just A-running, just A-running
In and out of my life)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just a-running, keep on running
Run away from love)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just a-running, you keep running
(Where you going
(Where, where you going)
Am Bm
You're a runaway love
(Just A-running, just A-running)
(Talking Part}
Come here, no
Don't start that over again
You wanna leave
You go ahead and leave
It ain't gonna bother me no more
Cause I'm going out
And I'm gonna get down
I'm tired of sitting here
And waiting for you to come home
And you out someplace
With somebody else
I'm gonna go out
And find me somebody
Yeah, gonna go dancing
Gonna go dancing, hey
I can still do it, you know
You ain't gotta be here
For me to be doing this
Yeah, go ahead
And run if you want to
Go ahead, like I said
You ain't go to stay
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