You were born by a railroad track
Never knew your ma and your pa [bad word] #39; back
Had to make your way the best you can
But you didn't have to steal from another man
 [bad word] boy run [bad word] boy run they're gonna get you [bad word] boy run
They're gonna catch you [bad word] boy [bad word] boy run [bad word] boy run

Think you're a man cause you're twenty one
Shot a man for nothin' and away [bad word] 
Wanted in most every state from here to Tennessee
If you're caught you'll do [bad word] #39; hangin' from a tree
 [bad word] boy run [bad word] boy run...

Storm clouds lookin' down from the sky
And hangman's noose swingin' on a tree near by
The words on that tombstone that won't be read by you
Says [bad word] #39;s done at twenty one he won't see twenty two