We'll Run Away

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	It is always very noticeable when Mike Love is not part of the song's creative process. Gone is the exuberance and confidence of the previous three Beach Boys tracks, and we are left with Brian Wilson's yearning falsetto expressing his desire to marry in spite of his youth. "We'll Run Away" was written not long before Brian married the extremely young (15 years old) Marilyn Rovell, and is a lovely song.	Bruce Beatlefan	April 12, 2008

Lyrics

We know they're right when they say we're not ready
But all we care is how we feel right now
We'll go ahead just the same
Prepare to take the blame
We'll run away and get married anyhow

They warned us that we can't live on love forever
But we just tell them we'll get by somehow
Our problems will be greater
We'll worry 'bout them later
We'll run away and get married anyhow

If other kids went through it
Then I know we can do it
If our love is that much stronger
It will last that much longer

It wasn't too long ago when our folks were
Were going through the same thing we are now
But one thing they're forgetting
A thing they're not regretting
They ran away and got married anyhow
(Ran away and got married)
Anyhow
(Ran away and got married)
They ran away and got married anyhow

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