Got a feelin' down deep inside
Gotta go, gotta run for your life
Grab me a gun, grab me a knife
Take a crocodile, alligator for your wife
Gotta run, babe
Gotta fly, babe
Gotta go now, babe
Ooh, you gotta run
♪
Time through the dark in the early years
Livin' off of catfish and her mamma's fear
Daddy's long gone, whiskey and beer
Can't see you're clean, we're outta here
Gotta run, babe
Gotta fly, babe
Gotta go, go, babe
Ooh, you gotta run
Preacher came in with a bible in his hand
Mamma full of whiskey with another man
Preacher looked at me, grabbed me by the hand
Said he's gonna take me to the promised land
Could be in a fight with that preacher man
No one's gonna take me off of this land
Pick up my daddy's gun, I got it in my hand
The devil's gonna make that preacher understand
♪
One eye open and I'm grabbin' up my stuff
Runnin' out the doorway, gonna take the truck
Halfway down the highway, the paper blows up
Seems the preacher's got to mamma, and he cut her all up
Gotta run, babe (you gotta run)
Gotta fly, babe (you gotta run)
You gotta go now, babe (you gotta run)
Ooh, you gotta run (you gotta run)
Hear a voice inside of my head
Clear as a bell, I don't know the dread
I'm free and clear not to sell that land
Take the family bible, go and start a new clan
Gotta run, babe (you gotta run)
You gotta fly, babe (you gotta run)
You gotta go, go, babe (you gotta run)
Ooh, you gotta run (you gotta run)
Gotta, run (you gotta run)
Run (you gotta run)
Run (you gotta run) oh-oh-oh, oh
(You gotta run)
Run, run, run, ooh-ooh, ooh