Narrow Escape

Lejos and Mary lay dazed in Liula Dreaming of tropical signs And as Lejos lay sleeping, she knelt over him, weeping Feeling the weight of his crimes It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town He's just licking his wounds for a spell But it won't take long for the boys to catch on And soon, he'll be running like hell Run, Lejos, run This ain't no time for that ball and chain Run, Lejos, run Climb on that pony and ride like you ain't never done Well, their love, it was long, it was gentle and strong And for a while, she forgot his sins And she kissed him for love, she kissed him for luck She kissed him one time for a kid Well, they came in without a warning in the hours before morning They come-a blasting through the windows and the walls When the smoke it did clear, somebody cried out, "He ain't here! Killed ourselves a woman, that's all" Run, Lejos, run This ain't no time for that ball and chain Run, Lejos, run You climb on that pony and ride like you ain't never done Ride like you ain't never done