Run Boy Run

You were born by a railroad track
Never knew your ma and your pa ain't coming back
Had to make your way the best you can
But you didn't have to steal from another man

Run boy, run boy, run boy, run
They're gonna catch ya boy, run boy, run
They're gonna get ya boy, run boy, run
Run boy, run boy, run boy, run

Think you're a man 'cause you're twenty-one
Shot a man for nothing and away you run
You're wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
And if you're caught, you'll do your running hanging from a tree

Run boy, run boy, run boy, run
They're gonna catch ya boy, run boy, run
They're gonna get ya boy, run boy, run
Run boy, run boy, run boy, run

Storm clouds looking down from the sky
The hangman's noose swinging on a tree nearby
A verse on a tombstone that won't be read by you
Says your running's done at twenty-one, you won't see twenty-two

Run boy, run boy, run boy, run
They're gonna catch ya boy, run boy, run
They're gonna get ya boy, run boy, run
Run boy, run boy, run boy, run

Run, run, run, run