Run for Your Life
“I'd rather see you dead, little girl”
Lennon's jealous, threatening Rubber Soul closer, written quickly with its opening couplet lifted directly from Elvis Presley's 'Baby Let's Play House'. Lennon dismissed it as a throwaway and later regretted its misogynistic lyric.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the ABABCABAB song form.
Track14 · Side closer · Side 2 · Album closer
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedOctober 12, 1965
ReleasedDecember 3, 1965
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Recurring words
borncatchdeadguyjealouslinemindrathera sermonand i'danother manbe withcatch youeverything i'vefor yourhead inhide youri wasi'd ratherjust tokeep yourknow wheremake youor ior yousee youspend mythan tothat's thethe endwas bornwhere iwith anotheryou withyour lifehead in thei was bornif you canknow that i'mto make youwhere i amwith another manhead in the sandyour head in the
Cover-shared words
anotherbabybettereverythinggirlheadhidekeepknowletlifelittlemakemanmeanmyrunsaidsandseespendtryingwellwholeyouyourand ibaby i'mbe ai ami can'ti meani won'ti'm aif youknow thatlittle girlthat i'mto beto makewell youyou betteryou canyou knowyou won'tyour headwell you knowyou know thatwell you know that
Lyric shape
[NOUN] if[VERB] this[VERB] wherei'd [WORD]was [WORD]with [WORD][ADJ] [VERB] for[NOUN] i've [VERB][NOUN] if you[VERB] in the[WORD] with aa [ADJ] [VERB]be a [WORD]i was [WORD]i'm a [ADJ]just to [VERB]the [NOUN] [ADJ]with [WORD] [NOUN]you [ADJ] [ADJ]you won't [VERB]your [NOUN] in[VERB] for your [NOUN][VERB] in the [NOUN][VERB] you with [WORD][VERB] your [NOUN] ini can't [VERB] myi'm a [ADJ] [NOUN]just to [VERB] youthe [WORD] [ADJ] [NOUN]with a [ADJ] [VERB][VERB] you [WORD] the [NOUN]just to [VERB] you [WORD]your [NOUN] in the [NOUN]
Cover-shared shape
[ADV] you[NOUN] i'm[NOUN] i've[VERB] for[VERB] in[VERB] my[VERB] that[VERB] you[VERB] your[WORD] the[WORD] witha [ADJ]a [WORD]can't [VERB]i [VERB]i'm [VERB]i've [VERB]my [ADJ]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]won't [VERB]you [ADJ]you [VERB]you [WORD]your [NOUN][ADV] you [VERB][NOUN] i'm [VERB][VERB] that i'm[VERB] you [ADJ][VERB] you [WORD][VERB] your [NOUN][WORD] [VERB] you[WORD] the [NOUN]a [ADJ] [NOUN]i [VERB] [NOUN]i can't [VERB]i won't [VERB]in the [NOUN]my [ADJ] [NOUN]to [VERB] youyou [ADJ] [VERB]you [VERB] thatyou [WORD] theyour [NOUN] [ADJ][ADV] you [VERB] that[VERB] you [WORD] the[VERB] your [NOUN] [ADJ]to [VERB] you [WORD]
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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