Run a Mile

Well, I was only in it for a minute

I was only passing through

I was only being friendly

But her pappy said he'd send me to the grave

For what I tried to do

I should have known when she was so willing

I should have known she was only a kid

I should have known as a stranger

I would be in danger

For something that I never did

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hound

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away your doubt

Well, I can't believe the story that she told her mom and daddy

And that vigilante crowd in town

That Lolita of the jungle got the dogs out on me

Lord, they're trying to drag me down

I would rather swing a hammer in an Alabama slammer

Than to face what's coming after me

I better make it to the water, ride it to the border

Let the sand wash over me

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hound

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away your doubt

Run a mile to the river, oh

Run a mile to the river, oh

Run a mile to the river, oh

Run a mile to the river, oh

Well, I can't believe the story that she told her mom and daddy

And that vigilante crowd in town

That Lolita of the jungle got the dogs out on me

Lord, they're trying to drag me down

I would rather swing a hammer in an Alabama slammer

Than to face what's coming after me

I better make it to the water, ride it to the border

Let the sand wash over me

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hound

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away your doubt

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hound

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away your doubt