Fuck and Run

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“Fuck and Run” is a track off Liz Phair’s 1993 debut studio album “Exile in Guyville.” “Fuck and Run” was not a single, but received much critical acclaim along with the… Read More

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Fuck and Run Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I woke up alarmed
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

[Refrain]
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 a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas

[Verse 2]
You got up out of bed
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

[Refrain]
And I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas

[Chorus]
I can feel it in my bones
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

[Verse 3]
You almost felt bad
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

[Chorus]
I can feel it in my bones
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

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“Fuck and Run” is a track off Liz Phair’s 1993 debut studio album “Exile in Guyville.” “Fuck and Run” was not a single, but received much critical acclaim along with the album and is now one of Phair’s best known songs.
“Fuck and Run” is told from the perspective of a woman who’s just woken up from a one-night stand, a scene she’s more than familiar with. It intersperses the awkward morning-after conversation she has with her partner as he indicates to her that their relationship is over, and her reflections on casual sex and desire to return to an idealistic former time, when romance and love preceded sex.