Run a Mile - Hard Working Americans

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

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

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

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

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

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