I met a ramblin' man down in the swamp lands He had holes in his jeans and a lightnin' bolt tattoo Whiskey in his left hand, he had a pistol in the right one He said run baby run just don't let 'em get you He said run baby run, run with me I'll meet you in the bottom by the old oak tree He said run baby run, run with me We're gonna keep on runnin' till the mornin comes He said I got somethin' for you, it'll get your mind right I thought maybe it's a little weed Till he pulled out his crack pipe Now I know why the old man rambles on He's high as a kite and here he goes a ramblin' again He said run baby run, run with me I'll meet you in the bottom by the old oak tree He said run baby run, run with me We're gonna keep on runnin till the mornin comes