Lejos and Mary
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Lay dazed in Liula
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Dreaming of tropical signs
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As Lejos lay sleeping
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She knelt over him weeping
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Feeling the weight of his crimes
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It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town
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And 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
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And soon he'll be running like hell
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Run Lejos run
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This ain't no time for that ball and chain
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Run Lejos run
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Climb on that pony and ride like you never done
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Ride like you never done
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Well their love it was long
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It was gentle and strong
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And for a while she forgot his sins
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And she kissed him for love
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She kissed him for luck
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She kissed him one time for a kid
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Well they came in without a warning in the hours before morning
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They come-a blasting through the windows and walls
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And when the smoke it did clear
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somebody cried out he ain't here
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Killed ourselves a woman that's all
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Run Lejos run
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This ain't no time for that ball and chain
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Run Lejos run
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Climb on that pony and ride like you never done
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Ride like you never done
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Narrow Escape
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Ray Lamontagne |