Lyrics

You played the go-getter he gave you work on his farm
his wife was younger some tinder in need of a spark
he loved to brag how he pleased her so well
then he came home and found her under your spell

You better run boy the earth is shaking you might not make it this time
run boy the old goat’s aching to take a tobacco knife to your hide
run boy run the steamboat’s leaving for Baltimore run boy run run boy run

You played the charmer the Captain opened his home
his daughter Lucy was a whisper away from grown
she hated the way he worked her like a maid
she used you and midnight to make him pay

You better run boy the earth is shaking you might not make it this time
run boy the Captain’s gunning to make his daughter a blushing bride
run boy run the B and O goes to the West run boy run

Wheeling West Virginia an heiress to a chain store Osage Oklahoma a cattleman’s whore
names run together do you remember are you running to live or living to run

Run boy the earth is shaking you might not make it this time
run boy there’s women aching to see what they want to see in your eyes
run boy run live the thrill ‘til they fill your grave
run boy run run run run ooo run boy run

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