Early Morning Getaway Lyrics

Think it was a dark and broken, graveyard night

The fog was thick, and the moon was bright

I was running for my life to save my hide

Feeling half drunk, and barely alive

A barbed wire fence wound on my side

And my heart it was pounding, right outta my chest

But I ran and ran, and jumped and rolled

I could feel the blood, I could feel the cold

I was all alone and on the run

I was waiting on the morning sun

It was nearly there

Saw a distant light in a cattle barn

Ripped the cotton sleeve right off my arm

And tied it ‘round the bullet wound on my leg

I hollered at the moon and stars-

“I cannot reside behind bars,

I’ll leave this world before I leave in cuffs.”

I could see the lanterns, I could hear the hounds

Trespassing on a burial ground

Then a ghost rose up and scared my captors,

I fell to the ground with maniacal laughter

I was home free!

Then I got up and kept on running,

I could hear that Plymouth Sunbeam hummin’

Let’s go darling

And before I got in the passenger’s seat

I had a moment of clarity right there standing on my feet

That all of this will be alright some day