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 drown
 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 the grave for what I wanted to do
 I 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 did
 Run 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 drown
 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 gonna take me down
 Well 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 me
 Run 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 drown
 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 drown