Can You Run

[Verse 1]

There's smoke down by the river

Hear the cannon and the drum

I've got one thing to ask you honey

Can you run?

[Verse 2]

You know I hate to ask so late

But the moment's finally come

And there won't be time to change your mind

Can you run?

[Chorus]

Can you run, to the freedom line of the Lincoln soldiers?

Where the contraband can be a man

With a musket on his shoulder

I've got to stand up tall before I'm done

Wrap these hands of mine around a gun

And chase the taste of bondage from my tongue

Can you run?

Can you run?

[Verse 3]

I'm taking nothing with me

We've just got time to beat the sun

And the boys in gray are never far away

Can you run?

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]

There's smoke down by the river

Hear the cannon and the drum

And even if I die, I've got to try

Can you run?

[Chorus]