![]() Sweet Forgiveness (1977) [ larger cover art ] |
As I walk along I wonder what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as still walk on I think of the things we've done
Together while our hearts were young
I'm a walking in the rain, tears are falling and I feel a pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I wo wo wo wo wonder
Why, you ran away
And I wonder where you will stay
My little runaway, a runaway
(instrumental break)
I'm a walking in the rain, tears are falling and I feel a pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I wo wo wo wo wonder, baby, yeah
You know why, you ran away
And I wonder where you will stay
My little runaway, my little runaway
Come back baby
A run run runaway
You left me standin' in the rain
A run run runaway
Come back baby
A run run runaway
(fades)
| missquo (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 19:54 I remember learning to play this song on piano while listening to an old show tape from one of her shows in the 80s. My dad had a hot rod portable tape player that would let you adjust the speed of playback, and I recall I did just that so that it would play back in an easier key for me to play in. :) Man, that was almost 25 years ago. Bon, here's to you and my dad spending another 25 years together, doing what you do. Thanks for everything you've given to us, and to the whole world. |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 19:50 Goddamn I love Bonnie. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 11:38 harp playing is great. This is a 10 here |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 11:36 This improves my opinion of the original (and my desire to hear it). |
| 2cats (Oklahoma) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 11:35 Good cover of a Del Shannon classic. |
| skibbenr (halifax, ns, canada) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 19:29 I just had to crank this up....... my god she's great! |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 19:28 A really fun change from shopping online for dishwashers! Go Bonnie! |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Jul 29, 2012 - 09:27 I see that I had rated this only a seven - what was I thinking? Clearly a nine- I'm clicking through to Amazon and buying this now! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 08:31 I was 10. Del Shannon's original grabbed me in a place I'd never been grabbed, and I was addicted to rock'n'roll till the end of me time. Oddly, never got a chance to play it in a band ("that old thing") until my mid-'40s, and the Bonnie Raitt version at that. Still, I get goosebumps at the sound of Al Caiola's deep, dark, mysterious A-minor chord, Max Crook's Musitron break, and Shannon's caterwauling "Why? Why? Why? She ran away..." |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 15:10 jmsmy wrote: Sweet Forgiveness ![]() I second that!! Another great song from this wonderful album. |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 15:06 Oooh, I like this right away. An easy 7 before I even finish listening. The harp break is tasty.
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| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 12:09 This is a very groovy cover! I like it... |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 12:07 In contrast to a couple of posts below, I think Bonnie's very early and most recent stuff is far less commercially-oriented that stuff she did in the (?) late 70s and early 80s. Saw her a few years ago, and her voice is just as clear and strong as it is on this recording. |
| miahfost (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 04:02 What a voice! |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 13:35 I dunno, I can't help but respect Bonnie Raitt, but I feel she's capable of so much better. Her early material was incredible, but this and so much that I've heard later just seems like underwhelming commercial pap. Also, I like a well-done cover, but I actually would rather listen to the original on this one. |
| Andy_B (aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 13:34 Move over Del, Bonnie's here! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 04:50 Proclivities wrote: She does a very good version of this tune - her voice sounds fantastic. I still prefer Del Shannon's original classic, but that will probably never be heard here. I feel the same way. She has such a powerful, clean voice. I have always liked this remake. Isn't Del Shannon on RP though? |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 04:50 Ms Raitt has always seemed superfluous to requirements. Her performance of this song does nothing to change that impression. |
| jhorton | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 19:56 Blech. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 03:33 This makes a nice change from the seriously overplayed (on FM) original, and IMO refreshes it. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 12:58 She does a very good version of this tune - her voice sounds fantastic. I still prefer Del Shannon's original classic, but that will probably never be heard here. |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 12:56 Thanks for posting this. When this song came on, I became curious about Bonnie, and wanted to know more about the fact that she was apparently famous before "Nick of Time" (first time I'd heard of her). I sign into RP, and here is all the info I need! Thank you!! Bonnie Raitt - Runaway, Live (1977): |
| Nerubo (Denver, CO) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 12:55 ...................................... |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 12:55 An excellent album - haven't heard it in ages. Raitt joined by various Little Feats, Norton Buffalo, Rosemary Butler, etc etc. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 12:55 Sweet Forgiveness ![]() |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 21:17 Bonnie Raitt - Runaway, Live (1977) |

