I'd Run

I stood out on the trestle waitin' for the whistle

The 409 was right on time again

Lord, I'd a-got a lickin' if they caught me playin' chicken

But I was quite the practiced liar way back then

I saw the smoke above the treetops

And when the train came into view

I stood still as a statue, but I knew what to do

When I could read the numbers on the front

I'd run like a gypsy, like the hounds of hell'd get me

Like a rabbit on the wrong end of a gun

I'd run like the lightning cuttin' 'cross the Kansas skyline

Like the tears that momma cried for her lost son

I'd run, yeah, I'd run

I got older but no smarter an' cheatin' fate got harder

But I could still out wit the Devil and his friends

Went through whiskey, cards an' women, takin' more than I was givin'

Throwin' love and caution to wind

Every time I'd let some beauty get a little too close to me

She'd hang around just long enough to find herself the key

When I could feel the lock on my heart come undone

I'd run like a gypsy, like the hounds of hell'd get me

Like a rabbit on the wrong end of a gun

I'd run like the lightning cuttin' 'cross the Kansas skyline

Like the tears that momma cried for her lost son

I'd run, yeah, I'd run

There's broken hearts and broken bottles

Dreams all gone to dust

Girls gone home to momma and cars all gone to rust

If I could go back and undo the hurt I'd done

I'd run like a gypsy, like the hounds of hell'd get me

Like the rabbit on the wrong end of a gun

I'd run like the lightning cuttin' 'cross the Kansas skyline

Like the tears that momma cried for her lost son

I'd run, yeah, I'd run, you know I'd run, yeah I'd run