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[Verse 1]
FStuck in a cage
Luck of the draw
AHours to wait
Gotta get out
Lord, I gotta fight one
Get me a key
Pick me a lock
Gotta be free, ready or not
EmGotta run, gotta run
BGotta run, gotta run
AGotta run, gotta run
[Pre-Chorus]
ENowhere to hide cause sAomeone's gotta find you
Trying to breathe when everybody right behind you
Scattering leaves to try and cover up the footprints
Water ahead because I can hear it in the distance
[Chorus]
AI'm running for the riBmverEm  
ACause the river's been Dhigh and there ain't no goin' back
They'll never catch me
AI'm running for the rivBmerEm  
You can Aride, you can fly, you can tEmell them that you drAive
But there ain't no going back
They'll never catch me
ATell em that you tried, but you're never gonna catch me
[Verse 2]
BLet out the hounds
Stand up the guards
Stand up and bow
FBetter be the boss like the KenEmnedy's
A fast one
Out of the trAees
Into the swamp
Gotta be freaAks
They'll never stop
Gotta run, gotEmta rBmun
Gotta run, gotta run
God damnit, it's a fast one
[Pre-Chorus]
EmNowhere to hide cause soAmeone's gotta find you
Trying to breathe when everybody right behind you
Scattering leaves to try and cover up the footprints
Water ahead because I can hear it in the distance
[Chorus]
AI'm running for the riBmverEm  
ACause the river's been Dhigh and there ain't no goin' back
They'll never catch me
AI'm running for the rivBmerEm  
You can Aride, you can fly, you can tEmell them that you drAive
But there ain't no going back
They'll never catch me
ATell em that you tried, but you're never gonna catch me
[Bridge]
AWater ahead because I can F#mhear it in the distance (gotta run)
FWater ahead because I can Emhear it in the distance
Water ahead because I can hear it in the distance (gotta run, gotta run)
[Chorus]
AI'm running for the riBmverEm  
ACause the river's been Dhigh and there ain't no goin' back
They'll never catch me
AI'm running for the rivBmerEm  
You can Aride, you can fly, you can tEmell them that you drAive
But there ain't no going back
They'll never catch me
ATell em that you tried, but you're never gonna catch me
[Outro]
BmThey'll never catch me
ANever gonna catch me
BmNever gonna catch me
EmThey'll never catch me
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