Run Joe Run

(Help! Era Style)

(fast acoustic guitar, driving drums, tight harmonies, slightly breathless vocal delivery)

I was just walking home again

Same old street, same tired shoes

Nothing much ever happens here

Nothing much to lose

She said “hello” from the corner store

Like she already knew my name

I thought I might’ve seen her once before

But she looked at me the same

She asked me things I couldn’t place

Like where I’ll be next year

I laughed it off, I looked away

But she was still right here

She said “I’ve been thinking of a house

With a garden and a light…”

I said “I really should get going now”

She said “we’ll talk tonight”

Run Joe run, don’t look behind

She’s got a future mapped in her mind

Run Joe run, don’t slow down

She’s already picking a wedding gown

Help me now, I’m losing ground

Every step she’s still around

Run Joe run, run Joe run

She found me at the corner shop

Like it wasn’t strange at all

Asked if I preferred small or big names

Like she’d planned the call

She said “it’s funny how we fit

Like it’s something meant to be”

But I don’t remember signing up

For forever, or even me

And she laughs like it’s already done

Like the ending’s been agreed

I keep smiling like I understand

But I don’t know what she sees

She says “you’ll like it once you try”

Like I’ve already said yes

But I’m trying to remember when

I agreed to all of this

Run Joe run, don’t look behind

She’s got a future mapped in her mind

Run Joe run, don’t slow down

She’s already picking a wedding gown

Help me now, I’m losing ground

Every step she’s still around

Run Joe run, run Joe run

I try to be polite, I try to breathe

I try to say it straight

But every word I almost speak

Turns into something late

Now I’m not sure what I’ve said

Or what she thinks I meant

But somehow I just passed her once

And now she knows where I went

And I swear the street feels smaller now

Like it bends her way instead

And every time I turn around

I hear it in my head

Run Joe run, don’t look behind

She’s got a future locked in her mind

Run Joe run, don’t slow down

She’s already picking a wedding gown

Help me now, I can’t slow down

She’s in my thoughts, she’s in my town

Run Joe run, run Joe run

Run Joe run, run Joe run

I swear she said she’d wait outside…

I swear she said she’d wait outside…

(final chord hits and stops cold)