Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright(born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian- American singer-songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright IIIand Kate McGarrigle(they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister , mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I'm Running, which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, and in which he also played a minor character, was nominated for the 1988 Genie Award for Best Original Song and earned him a nomination for the 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist. He lived in Montreal with his mother for most of his childhood and briefly attended McGill University, where he studied both classical and 'rock' piano.
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I'm A-runnin' Lyrics
Rufus Wainwright
From "Tommy Tricker And The Stamp Traveller" Soundtrack
I'm a-runnin'
I'm a-runnin' from you
'Cause you're a-chasin'
You're a-chasin' me to
The end of the earth
Or the city of kingdom come
I can see ya
I can see you way back
You can see me
You're gonna stab me in the back
But not unless
I can outrun you
Well, will you ever let out?
Will you ever stumble and fall?
Because I'm never gonna let you get me
At all
I can see you
You're a bullet in flight
I'm a-runnin'
Through a star in the night
That will never shine
Upon this darkened earth
Oh, will you ever let out?
Will you ever stumble and fall?
Because I'm never gonna let you get me
At all
Over mountain
Over valley and sea
I'm a-runnin'
So that you can't catch me
And if the gods are there
They will pull me through
Because I'm never gonna let you get me
At all
Because I'm never gonna let you get me
At all
Runnin' away from you
Runnin' away from you