Narrow Escape

Lejos and Mary lay dazed in Liula
 Dreaming of tropical signs
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 And as Lejos lay sleeping, she knelt over him, weeping
 Feeling the weight of his crimes
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 It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town
 He's just licking his wounds for a spell
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 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
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 Well, their love, it was long, it was gentle and strong
 And for a while, she forgot his sins
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 And she kissed him for love, she kissed him for luck
 She kissed him one time for a kid
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 Well, they came in without a warning in the hours before morning
 They come-a blasting through the windows and the walls
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 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