You were born by a railroad track Never knew your ma and your pa ain't comin' back Had to make your way the best you can But you didn't have to steal from another man Run boy run boy run boy run they're gonna get you boy run boy run 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 Run boy run boy run boy run... 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 Run boy run boy run boy run...