Narrow Escape

Lejos and Mary

Lay dazed in Liula

Dreaming of tropical signs

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 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