The Harbour Lites - Run For Your Life (The Beatles Cover)

From ’’ Run For Your Life / Lonely Journey ’’ Label: Fontana -- F-1544 Format: Vinyl, 7’’ Country: US Released: Mar 1966 Tracklist A1 Run For Your Life B1 Lonely Journey ------------------------ “Run for Your Life“ is a song recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song, while credited to “Lennon--McCartney“, was primarily a John Lennon composition. Background The song’s lyrics establish a threatening tone towards the singer’s unnamed girlfriend (referred to throughout the song as “little girl“), claiming “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man.“ The line was taken from an early Elvis Presley song, “Baby, Let’s Play House“ (written by Arthur Gunter). Lennon designated this song as his “least favourite Beatles song“ in a 1973 interview and later said it was the song he most regretted writing. He also sta