RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
(Lennon-McCartney)
1965


"I always hated 'Run For Your Life'," John said about Rubber Soul's closing 
track.  He openly acknowledged that he lifted two lines from Arthur 
Gunther's "Baby Let's Play House", an early hit for Elvis Presley during his 
time recording for the Sun label in the mid-fifties.



Well I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man
You'd better keep your head little girl or I won't know where I am
You'd better run for your life if you can little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man that's the end little girl



Well you know that I'm a wicked guy and I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life trying just to make you toe the line
You'd better run for your life if you can little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man that's the end little girl



Let this sermon I mean everything I said
Baby I'm determined that I'd rather see you dead
You'd better run for your life if you can little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man that's the end little girl



I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man
You'd better keep your head little girl or you won't know where I am
You'd better run for your life if you can little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man that's the end little girl



No, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no