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Runnin' Just in Case Lyrics
There's trouble where I'm going but I'm gonna go there anyway
I hate Sunday mornings 'cause they always seem to start this way
I'm looking for a lighter, I already bought the cigarettes
Guess I picked me up a habit on my way out of Lafayette
Eastbound and down, I turn it up 'cause that sure how I feel
My mind is racing through the pines, my hands are shaky on the steering wheel
I'm going north on 59 but I know good and well I'm headed south
'Cause me and Birmingham don't have a history of working out
What I lost in Louisiana I found back in Alabama
But nobody ever taught me how to stay
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
I ain't unpacked my suitcase since the day that I turned twenty-one
It's been a long ten years since then, it's getting kinda cumbersome
The first one and the last one and the one that's got my name in ink
The smoker and the fighter and the one in every song I sing
What I lost in loving Texas I looked for in all the rest
But I guess no one ever taught me how to stay
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
I carried him around with me, I don't mind having scars
Happiness ain't prison but there's freedom in a broken heart
I hate Sunday mornings 'cause they always seem to start this way
I'm looking for a lighter, I already bought the cigarettes
Guess I picked me up a habit on my way out of Lafayette
Eastbound and down, I turn it up 'cause that sure how I feel
My mind is racing through the pines, my hands are shaky on the steering wheel
I'm going north on 59 but I know good and well I'm headed south
'Cause me and Birmingham don't have a history of working out
But nobody ever taught me how to stay
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
It's been a long ten years since then, it's getting kinda cumbersome
The first one and the last one and the one that's got my name in ink
The smoker and the fighter and the one in every song I sing
But I guess no one ever taught me how to stay
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
Happiness ain't prison but there's freedom in a broken heart
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Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Nov 19, 2016
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I really don't know but...I relate to this song. It's a girl living fast but wants the best, you know, a good relationship with a good man. But she's a bit damaged. She's trying her best, but us girls who have big personalities an love smoking and drinking have a hard time.It's hard to get over being hard. You want love but you aren't sure. You're weary of promises and emotions because you know better. I'm a traveler who doesn't know how to stay, and i think I'm chasing love and home, but I'm not there yet. Thank you to Miranda who has made this real. I feel like her. I want those things, but i don't want them at the expense of myself
@kayla11664 Wow. This sums up my interpretation of this song perfectly.
@kayla11664 Wow. This sums up my interpretation of this song perfectly.
"I'm going north on 59 but I know good and well I'm headed south 'Cause me and Birmingham don't have a history of working out
What I lost in Louisiana I found back in Alabama But nobody ever taught me how to stay It ain't love that I'm chasin' but I'm runnin' just in case"
I believe she is singing about how she doesn't expect her relationship with Anderson East to last (he's originally from Alabama). In the end it didn't, self fulfilling profecy?