Swamp music
The sun shining in my eyes
Wakes me from my sleep
I gotta get up, get on the road
My life I wanna keep
The sheriff and his deputies
Been on my trail for days
I shot a man in Tennessee
I gotta get away
I said hey little bluebird
Up there in the sky
I wish I had your wings
So I could fly
Away from all my trouble
And my misery
I'm a man on the run
From Memphis, Tennessee
I gotta keep on running
Keep on running
I had me a Delta lady
Do you know,
She treated me so good
She gave me plenty good loving
Just like Southern women should
One night I came home early
I caught her loving on another man, No
You know, I pulled my gun
And I shot him dead
Now I gotta get out of this land
I said hey little bluebird
Up there in the sky
I wish I had your wings
So I could fly
Away from all my trouble
And my misery
I'm a man on the run
From Memphis, Tennessee
I gotta keep on running
Keep on moving, oh
Well I'm out of breath
My legs are tired
I can't run no more
The bloodhounds hot on my trail
They're gonna catch me for sure
There's a man with a gun up in front of me
And I ain't got nothing to lose
But he knows I'd rather spend my life on the run
Than to sing them prison blues
And that's why I said
Hey little bluebird
Up there in the sky
I wish I had your wings
So I could fly
Away from all my trouble
And my misery
I'm a man on the run
From Memphis, Tennessee
I gotta keep on running
Keep on moving
Keep on running, running, running