Kem Anderson

Lyrics

Southern Boys on the Run

Jake left a dead alcoholic in Texas for a live one in Tennessee
Broke me out of jail near Natchez, I hear they are still looking for me
We worked the Mississippi gambling Joints, I'd let the losers win all night
Jake would burst in with a 12 gauge pump
saying boys just keep your hands in plain sight ; and you might all make it home tonight

Chorus
Now it's a life of constant motion from daylight to setting Sun
Take no pity on us it's the road we chose
Two southern boys on the run
We’re two southern boys on the run
Working thru the night, we travel with the sun
Verse

We lived like modern-day Robin Hoods, giving half to those in need
The papers love to tell our story we were fighting sin and greed.
Then one night a man with reptile eyes looked at both of us and said
I'm a made-man with the Dixie Mafia and you boys are as good as dead

Chorus
Now it's a life of constant motion from daylight to setting Sun
Take no pity on us it's the road we chose
Two southern boys on the run
We’re two southern boys on the run
Working thru the night, we travel with the sun

Bridge
We were raised good Christian boys
The Bible taught us wrong from right
Now we’ve fallen into the darkness
redemption is still in sight
redemption is a new dawns light.

Chorus
Now it's a life of constant motion from daylight to setting Sun
Take no pity on us it's the road we chose
On the run, southern boys on the run
On the run, southern boys on the run
Working thru the night, we travel with the sun

© 2020 Kem Anderson