Ooh
Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by
I say to myself, "You're such a lucky guy"
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world, she belongs to me
But it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
It was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Ooh (soon)
Soon we'll be married and raise a family (oh yeah)
A cozy little home out in the country with two children, maybe three
I tell you I can visualize it all
This couldn't be a dream, far too real it all seems
But it was just my imagination, once again
Runnin' away with me
Tell you, it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Every night on my knees I pray
Dear Lord, hear my plea
Don't ever let another take her love from me
Or I would surely die, hmm
(Her love is) Heavenly, when her arms enfold me
I hear a tender rhapsody
But in reality, she doesn't even know me
(Just my imagination) Once again
Runnin' away with me, oh
Tell you it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
I've never met her but I can't forget her
(Just my imagination) Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Runnin' away with me, ooh
Just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by
I say to myself, "You're such a lucky guy"
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world, she belongs to me
But it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
It was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Ooh (soon)
Soon we'll be married and raise a family (oh yeah)
A cozy little home out in the country with two children, maybe three
I tell you I can visualize it all
This couldn't be a dream, far too real it all seems
But it was just my imagination, once again
Runnin' away with me
Tell you, it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Every night on my knees I pray
Dear Lord, hear my plea
Don't ever let another take her love from me
Or I would surely die, hmm
(Her love is) Heavenly, when her arms enfold me
I hear a tender rhapsody
But in reality, she doesn't even know me
(Just my imagination) Once again
Runnin' away with me, oh
Tell you it was just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
I've never met her but I can't forget her
(Just my imagination) Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Runnin' away with me, ooh
Just my imagination
Runnin' away with me
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
The meaning is obvious, he amires this girl and wishes he could be with her. He's always thinking about her and imagining what it would be like if she was his, but she doesn't even know him.
Or these fantasies could even be sarcastic ruminations on the nature of love itself. That those perfect little moments only exist in our imaginations, and not in real life (or if they do, they're imagined, and something sinister is brewing in the background). Too cynical for The Temptations? Perhaps. Too cynical for late 60s/early 70s? Not at all.