Fuck And Run Lyrics
I didn't know where I was at first
Just that I woke up in your arms
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions, and
What ever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who tries to win you over, and
What ever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who makes love cause he's in it, and
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas
You said you had a lot of work to do
But I heard the rest in your head
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions, and
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas
I'm gonna spend another year alone
It's fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve
You said that I should call you up but
I knew much better than that
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions
I'm gonna spend my whole life alone
It's fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve
This is an incredibly honest, incisive song. It was one I listened to often when I went through my last breakup. It's a sad commentary on the state of American society and relationships. At increasingly younger ages, relationships are all about sex. Like Liz says, no guy cares enough to write romantic letters to his girl or even buy her a freakin' Coke. It's scary how relevant this song is for most people, myself included.
Wow, I thought I hated this song, but I just noticed at the end, she reverses the point of view. She's saying we really are all looking for relationships, but we end up casually hooking up before ever having to win each other over. That's what this is about. The very end of it implies the same lyrics sung by the guy she is with, essentially. This isn't about guys not caring and girls getting used. Geez. She is "using" the guy just as much as he's "using" her. She's just saying she wants a more meaningful relationship, but she keeps settling for casual sex, because relationships take time and effort and commitment. She's not putting in the effort either. She doesn't really care about this guy. She just met him, and she wakes up and she's like oh shit why did I just sleep with someone I don't care about again? It's likely she wants out of there just as fast as he does. Plus, who knows, maybe he really likes her and just has to go to work. I hate the part where she assumes she can read his mind. Still, she's expressing disappointment with herself, not with the guy. The problem is with the way this song is written - the main message that comes across to the listener is "what ever happened to a boyfriend?" which ends up sounding a lot like she is complaining about the men in her life. I do have a problem with that part, and really with anyone who echos that sentiment, but I think the main message of the song can be interpreted differently. This, essentially, is just a commentary on the vacuity of casual sex. However, I do hate how it really sounds like she is complaining.
@musicgeek86 "Wow, I thought I hated this song, but I just noticed at the end, she reverses the point of view."
@musicgeek86 "Wow, I thought I hated this song, but I just noticed at the end, she reverses the point of view."
That's what these lyrics say, but if you listen to the upload of this album on Youtube, she never sings "You want a girlfriend". That would be cheesy and ruin the song anyway.
That's what these lyrics say, but if you listen to the upload of this album on Youtube, she never sings "You want a girlfriend". That would be cheesy and ruin the song anyway.
@musicgeek86 There are two versions of the song. The original version from the Girls Girls Girls cassette (part of the ca. 1991 "Girlysound" material) has the 'You want a girlfriend' bit. The more rocking version generally available on the Exile in Guyville album (1993) does not.
@musicgeek86 There are two versions of the song. The original version from the Girls Girls Girls cassette (part of the ca. 1991 "Girlysound" material) has the 'You want a girlfriend' bit. The more rocking version generally available on the Exile in Guyville album (1993) does not.
In a figurative sense.
"What ever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who tries to win you over, and What ever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who makes love cause he's in it"
Some of my favourite lyrics ever.
love this song!!! there's always that guy that you can't get over and everytime he comes around you give in and he has some excuse to leave or not ever commit...the only part i don't like is the "i want a boyfriend" it just sounds desperate or something...i dunno
This song is pretty straightfoward, just someone who keeps letting themselves be taken advatange of, and then wakes up wishing they hadn't slept with the person. It's searching for something more. And to everyone who talks about Liz's new career, fuck off. She's at a different point in life, she's married with kids. Of course she's not gonna write about fucking and running.
Back when Liz had balls.
she doesn't fuck and run, he does. she gets used by guys who give her excuses about things like having to work. that's why she's alone and wants a boyfriend.
totally could relate to this song when i was in college
God this song smacks me upside the head. In the past couple of years I came to the same realisation myself. I want a boyfriend I want a boyfriend I want all that stupid old shit Like letters and sodas Letters and sodas. Thankfully there's a song for all us reformed/reforming sluts out there.