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by Ray Lamontagne




Intro:
   


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
                                       
And 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 the kid
  
Well they came in without warning, in the hours before morning
                                            
 They come-a blasting through the windows and walls
             
And 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
                      
Climb on that pony and ride like you ain't never done

Ride like you ain't never done