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Run Boy Run

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AYou were Dborn by a Arailroad Etrack
ANever knew your Dma and your Apa ain't comin' Eback
AHad to make your Dway the Abest you Ecan
But you Ddidn't have to steal from aEnother Aman
Chorus:
ARun boy Drun boy Arun boy Erun, Athey're gonna Dget you boy Arun boy Erun
AThey're gonna Dcatch you, boy Arun boy Erun, Drun boy run boy Erun boy Arun
Think you're a man cause you're twenty one
Shot a man for nothin' and away you run
Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
If you're caught you'll do your runnin' hangin' from a tree
Chorus
Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky
And hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by
The words on that tombstone that won't be read by you
Says his runnin's done at twenty one he won't see twenty two
Chorus

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Run Boy Run

by Lee Hazlewood

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A D A E

You were born by a railroad track

A D A E

Never knew your ma and your pa ain't comin' back

A D A E

Had to make your way the best you can

D E A

But you didn't have to steal from another man

Chorus:

A D A E A D A E

Run boy run boy run boy run, they're gonna get you boy run boy run

A D A E D E A

They're gonna catch you, boy run boy run, run boy run boy run boy run

Think you're a man cause you're twenty one

Shot a man for nothin' and away you run

Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee

If you're caught you'll do your runnin' hangin' from a tree

Chorus

Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky

And hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by

The words on that tombstone that won't be read by you

Says his runnin's done at twenty one he won't see twenty two

Chorus

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