"Runaway Lover", sebuah lagu yang dinyanyikan oleh Madonna, mengeksplorasi konsekuensi negatif dari perilaku sembrono dalam hubungan. Liriknya menggambarkan seorang "pecinta pelarian" yang dibutakan oleh hasrat mereka dan mengabaikan tanggung jawab mereka. Akibatnya, mereka mendapati diri mereka terdampar dan sendirian, tanpa arah yang jelas. Lagu ini berfungsi sebagai peringatan terhadap bahaya menipu orang lain dan merusak reputasi seseorang demi kesenangan sesaat.
Runaway Lover Lyrics
Madonna
You lost your reputation on a woman
You didn't understand or care to know
You get your education from your lovers
But now there's just no place for you to go
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back
You're set adrift with no direction
Just like a ship that's lost at sea
You don't care where you drop your anchor
Make sure it doesn't land on me
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back
Walking around on a cloud
Cause every girl you meet just trips on you
Saying your name out loud
I guess you met your match
Now what will you do
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back
You didn't understand or care to know
You get your education from your lovers
But now there's just no place for you to go
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back
You're set adrift with no direction
Just like a ship that's lost at sea
You don't care where you drop your anchor
Make sure it doesn't land on me
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back
Walking around on a cloud
Cause every girl you meet just trips on you
Saying your name out loud
I guess you met your match
Now what will you do
It doesn't pay
To be a runaway lover
It doesn't pay
To give away what you lack
You'll never get your money back