What does Runaway Child, Running Wild mean?

Search Login

The Temptations: Runaway Child, Running Wild Meaning

Tagged:

No tags, suggest one.

Song Released: 1969


Get "Runaway Child, Running Wild" on MP3:

Get MP3 from Amazon

Runaway Child, Running Wild Lyrics

We don't currently have the lyrics for Runaway Child, Running Wild, Care to share them?

  1.  

    anonymous
    click a star to vote
     Oct 19th, 2013 10:54pm report


    This song tells the story of young boy (presumably a preteen) who runs away from home after being punished by his mother for playing hooky (truancy). During the song, the band tell us that the boy wanders the dark streets alone, eventually realizing he cannot survive on his own, but cannot find his way home, and ends up lost, frightened by strangers, unfamiliar landmarks, and his own thoughts. "Runaway child runnin' wild," the Temptations tell the boy during the chorus, "you better go back home/where you belong".

    The Temptations alternately express and depict his fears, with the tension of the record building to a climax over the first five minutes of the record. At this point, the vocals fade out, and the record briefly gives voice to its young protagonist, who cries desperately for his mother before fading into the mix.




More The Temptations song meanings ยป


 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]






The Temptations Song Meanings


Just Posted

Thinking Bout You anonymous
Disenchanted anonymous
Angry All the Time anonymous
Good Intentions anonymous
I Will Remember You anonymous
Cemetery Drive anonymous
Rikki Don't Lose That Number anonymous
This Is How I Disappear anonymous
Outrunning Karma anonymous
Stiff Upper Lip anonymous
Talk of the Town anonymous
Whale & Wasp anonymous
Bizarre Love Triangle anonymous
Black Magic anonymous
If I Had $1000000 anonymous

Get a weekly email update

(We won't give out your email)

Weekly Most Popular

Latest Releases

Truck
HARDY
Next Girl
Carly Pearce
What Do You Think Of?
Lauren Alaina
What They'll Say About Us
FINNEAS
Bummerland
AJR
Never Be Sorry
Old Dominion
Long Live
Florida Georgia Line
Obey
Bring Me the Horizon

Popular Song Categories

  Songs about Not Being Good Enough
  Songs about Betrayal and Double Crossing
  Songs that Tell a Story
  Songs with Figurative Language
  Songs about Looking Back on Life
  Songs about Young Love
  Songs about Fear and Insecurity
  Songs about Not Giving Up
  Songs about Being Sorry / Apology songs
  Songs about Bad Relationships
  All Song Categories