Run a Mile

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well 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 a grave for what I tried to do I should've known when she was so willin' I should've known that she was only a kid I should've known I's a stranger I would be in danger For something that I nearly did [Chorus] Run a mile, run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hound Run a mile, run a mile to the river I'm gonna wash away or drown [Verse 2] Well 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 tryin' to take me down I would rather swing a hammer In the Alabama slammer Than to face what's coming after me I'm gotta make it to the water Ride it to the border Let the scent wash off of me [Chorus] Run a mile, run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hound Run a mile, run a mile to the river I'm gonna wash away or drown [Verse 2] Well I can't believe the story That she told her mom and daddy And the vigilante crowd in town That Lolita of the country Got the dogs out on me Lord they're tryin' to take me down I would rather swing a hammer In the Alabama slammer Than to face what's coming after me I'm gotta make it to the water Ride it to the border Let the sin wash off of me [Chorus] Run a mile, run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hound Run a mile, run a mile to the river I'm gonna wash away Run a mile, run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hound Run a mile, run a mile to the river I'm gonna wash away or drown