Run a Mile

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hounds

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away or drownWell I was only there 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 wanted to doI should've known when she was so willing

I should've known that she was just a kid

I should've known I was a stranger

And that I would be in danger over

Something that I never didRun a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hounds

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

I'm gonna wash away or drownWell I can't believe the story that she told her mom

And daddy and the vigilante crowd in town

That Lolita of the country set the dogs out on me

Lord they're gonna take me downWell I'd rather swing a hammer in an Alabama

Slammer than to face what's coming after me

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

Let the scent wash off of meRun a mile, run a mile to the river

I'm gonna throw off the hunting hounds

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away or drownRun a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna throw off the hunting hounds

Run a mile, run a mile to the river

Gonna wash away or drown