In that song it starts with implications of infidelity then this one takes it a step further. Mainly because if Kevin wrote it, it was a very good follow up to Keep on Loving you (KOLY). I got to this site because I wanted to see if Kevin or Gary wrote it. ![]() At any rate this is my take on what the words mean. Then the chorus kicks in again and we are back to not being sure. The back and forth feeling you get is him not wanting to believe it but eventually knowing that it very well could be true. The “You’re under the gun part”, I take as him satisfying his “I’m not a good alone person” thing by saying, he doesn’t think it’s true and feels it’s possible that she is being pressured by someone to be with them (Being under the metaphorical gun} and taking it on the run is her going there to just do it to satisfy this guy and then get out of there. I mean they got “and you need never look back again” to flow pretty good so I have to think that word was left in the song on purpose. At first I thought maybe the word was there to help the flow of the song but either phrase can be sung to make it flow just fine. If he was sure of himself the words would have gone “And if it is keep this in mind”. He says “I’m telling you babe, that I don’t think it’s true babe and even if it is keep this in mind.” First, by him adding the word “even” in the statement “Even if it is” almost sounds like he was going to say “Even if it is I don’t care” Having that word “even” in there makes you feel he was going to say something like it didn’t matter or something like that but he changed to “you take it on the run …….”. ![]() It’s when he says “You’re under the gun so you take it on the run” This can now be interpreted as this – right after he says “They’re talking about you and it’s bringing me down”. The song is pretty easy to understand in the beginning as the words are easy to take at face value. Knowing that bit of information then makes a difference. I heard him say in an interview once that he was not a very good “alone” person, as he put it. Gary Richrath (RIP) the lead guitar player for REO back in those days, wrote the song. Chris from ArizonaI think you can understand the song more if you understand the guy who wrote the song better.Those girls on the video really bring out the best in this song. Glen from UkForget the lyrics for one minute.Loved Music all my Life and now at the age of 73 would love to attend a REO live Concert, when the Guy's get back on the road again after the Virus. Ian Livingston from Immingham United Kingdom.Just Discovered REO Speedwagon's.A kind gesture that he wasn’t going to feed into the rumors about her. A refreshing perspective of the singer/songwriter would have been to acknowledge the anguish his girlfriend living with, essentially letting her know it was okay to find herself. I’d commit verbally but not wholeheartedly and make a run for it. In my twenties and feeling pressure to settle down. I felt this song could have been written about me. Leah On The Run from New Braunfels Revisiting this song I had a completely different take than when I originally heard it.Ella from Eagle Harbor High Schooli really love this song."I don't believe it, not for a minute" = I don't believe your excuses for not being around "so you take it on the run" = You're avoiding me/running away Naz from Seattle"You're under the gun" = Under pressure (to talk, come clean, commit, etc.).HIs girl at the time obviously didn't love him and was probably just using him. But in Gary's case, he was faithful and committed. I don't hold it against her because it was my fault as well. ![]() My wife kind of did the same thing when we had a falling out when we were initlally dating. People, observe women, that is how they are. Under the gun, means the girl is feeling emotional, so she goes out he pickups a guy who will satisfy those emotions. Take it on the run, means you will sleep with anyone that gives you affection. The lead guitarist wrote this because his girlfriend was actually cheating on him at the time. It basically a guy that hears rumors about his girl cheating on him while he is away. ![]() Paulie Waulie from FloridaThe song is not complicated.
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