Tono: A
Introducción:
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You were born by a railroad track
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Never knew your ma and your pa ain't comin' back
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Had to make your way the best you can
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But you didn't have to steal from another man
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Run boy run boy run boy run, they're gonna get you boy run boy run
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They're gonna catch you, boy run boy run, run boy run boy run boy run
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Think you're a man cause you're twenty one
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Shot a man for nothin' and away you run
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Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
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If you're caught you'll do your runnin' hangin' from a tree
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Run boy run boy run boy run, they're gonna get you boy run boy run
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They're gonna catch you, boy run boy run, run boy run boy run boy run
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Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky
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And hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by
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The words on that tombstone that won't be read by you
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Says his runnin's done at twenty one he won't see twenty two
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Run boy run boy run boy run, they're gonna get you boy run boy run
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They're gonna catch you, boy run boy run, run boy run boy run boy run