I'd Run Lyrics - Times Like These - Buddy Jewell

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