Run while you Can | Letters from the Sun | Track 12-15 | 1965

[Intro – Full Band Hit + Chime Guitar] [Short, bright snare crack.Rickenbacker riff over tight bassline. Vocal enters immediately — classic early pop move.] [Verse 1] You said you’d stay, but you packed too light, Left the morning dressed in night. Told your heart you’d understand — Told your head to run while you can. [Chorus] Run while you can, before it feels right, before the world comes down tonight. Run while you can — you’ll understand, love don’t wait, so run while you can. [Verse 2] Every promise has its sound, Yours still echoes underground. I’ll keep my place, I’ll play the man — Go on then, run while you can. [Bridge – The Kick] (Harmony “oohs” bounce left-right; tambourine and organ punch in.) “If you look back once, you’ll stay — so don’t look back, just fade away.” (Quick snare roll, return to final chorus with double-time drive.) [Final Chorus + Outro] Run while you can, don’t turn around, leave your shadow on the ground. Run while you can — you’ll understand, love won’t wait, so run while you can. (Ends on held vocal harmony, sharp guitar cutoff, quick fade.)