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