| Bill Gable

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The thing I most remember about this production is how tortured it became. I had already recorded a 16-track demo of this song that captured much more delicately the song’s inherent ambivalence and irony, I believe. Early on recognized as a potential single for the album, this version wound up being overworked for reasons beyond my control and I lost a lot of affinity for the song as a result. It was mixed by both Dan Garcia and Bill Schnee and mastered by both Doug Sax and Bob Ludwig. We shot a video for it that wound up on VH-1 and elsewhere. When Sony re-released There Were Signs digitally in 2013 I asked them to release the edited single version of “Go Ahead And Run,” which is the one linked to here.

Credits

Bill Gable: vocal, guitar, synths, sanfona, melodica, piano, percussion
Rob Mounsey: synths, melodica solo
Jerry Marotta: drums
Jeff Porcaro: hi-hat, surdo
Jimmy Haslip: fretless bass
Manolo Badrena: ganza
Luis Conte: tamborine and ganza
Airto Moreira: pandeiro
Sally Dworski: background vocal
Eliza Gilkyson & Marilyn Scott: additional background vocals
Jim Lang: organ

Lyrics

This morning I woke up
With the sun in my eyes
Knowing that you weren’t there
I heard you shutting the door behind you
And your footsteps on the stairs
I guess I always knew

I put on my slippers
Opened my paper
Sat by the window drinking my juice
With all I’ve seen before
I shouldn’t be so surprised
By yesterday’s news
There’ll be no stopping you
You’re gonna do what you’re gonna do

Run
Go ahead and run
What’s the point in loving you
Run
Go ahead and take your world away
You could have been happy with me by your side
I could be the one to keep you satisfied

So now I’m out on the street
Wearing a silly smile on my face
You know you’re the kind of girl
Who tends to make the world a lonely place
I guess it’s all true
We all do what we gotta do

Run
Go ahead and run
What’s the point in loving you
Run
Go ahead and take your world away
You could have been happy with me by your side
I could be the one to keep you satisfied

I’m walking around in circles
Waiting for the feeling to go away
I should be happy to be alive
‘Cause it’s a bright sunny day
What’s the difference to you
You’re gonna do what you’re gonna do

Run
Go ahead and run
What’s the point in loving you
Run
Go ahead and take your world away
You could have been happy with me by your side
I could be the one to keep you satisfied

Go Ahead And Run (Excerpt)

Go Ahead And Run (Excerpt).mp3

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