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

From Run For Your Life, Lonely Journey Label: Fontana F1544 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 LennonMcCartney, 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 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