RUN BOY RUN
(Lee Hazlewood)


Lee Hazlewood - 1963





You were born by a railroad track
Never knew your Ma and your Pa ain't comin' 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 get you, boy, run boy, run
They're gonna catch you, 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 nothin' and away you run
Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
And if you're caught you'll do your runnin' hangin' from a tree

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

Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky
A hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by
Words on that tombstone that won't be read by you
Says his runnin's done at twenty-one, he won't see twenty-two

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





(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2014)