Run the Other Way - The Bearfoot Hookers

Run the Other Way Lyrics

You were young and pretty -- barely seventeen
The apple of your mother’s eye, and every schoolboy’s dream.
I was wild and crazy always looking for a thrill;
We started going steady, and from there it went downhill.
One night we were getting crazy and I just couldn’t wait,
And through my urge you made me promise to marry you some day.
So I took your love in the back seat of my daddy’s 302,
And by the time I got you home I was over you.
Chorus
Well now your momma’s got a shotgun, and she knows how to shoot
She is out to kill me for what I did to you.
When I was just a young man only living for each day,
And now every time I see her comin’ I run the other way.
It caused quite a scandal as it spread all over town.
They said I took your reputation and dragged it to the ground.
Your Momma swore if she caught me she was going to kill me dead.

Beat me with a crowbar and fill me full of lead.
An’ I couldn’t understand why you made such a fuss;
It’s hard when you’re young man not to give in to the lust.
Well, I never meant to hurt you, or cause you any pain.
For a minute I truly loved you -- at least until I came.
And now your momma’s got a shotgun and she knows how to shoot
She is out to kill me for what I did to you.
When I was just a young man only living for each day
Now every time I see her comin’ I run the other way.
Solo break
Well now your momma’s got a shotgun and she knows how to shoot
She is out to kill me for what I did to you.
When I was just a young man only living for each day
Now every time I see her comin’ I run the other way.
Yes now every time I see her comin’ I run the other way.
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Lyrics submitted by Steve Spied.