We Don't Run

Album: Burning Bridges (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This single from Burning Bridges was co-written by Jon Bon Jovi and producer John Shanks. According to the press release, Shanks contributed "meaty production and a shredding guitar solo."
  • Burning Bridges takes its name from the song's chorus, whose lyrics read in part:

    Not afraid of burning bridges
    'Cause I know they're gonna light my way
    Like a phoenix from the ashes
    Welcome to the future, it's a new day

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