Intro (play for a while):
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I'm going back to Arkansas
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Got’ta kill my Maw and Paw
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I'm gonna kill my Mom and Dad
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Because they made my life so sad
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I run so fast all night and day
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They haunt my soul in evil ways
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I don’t care what law might do
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Hope your folks are good to you
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I stole my neighbor's pickup truck
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And took his daughter for good luck
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I spent all my dough on a gun
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Liquored up to have some fun
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I drink all night and I feel real fine
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Cause I roll’in past that old state line
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Driving off all night and day
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Just to show hey on his way
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I pull on down the streets of town
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I'd love to burn the fucker down
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And down the road all the way
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Drove right past my brother Hey
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I’m running up the law at night
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They can't see me, there's no light
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Kick down the door, and then I say
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Brace yourself for judgment day
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Going back to Arkansas
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Burying my Maw and Paw
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Then I'm going far away
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Where I'm going, I won't say
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Cause I don't know just where I'll run
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I guess I’ll follow hell’s son
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Maybe north of Mexico
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For I ain’t say’in where I’ll go
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I had to kill my Mow and Dad
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Because they beat me up real bad
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My Daddy beat me every day
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For what I done, he wouldn't say
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Leather strap across my back
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Watch my eyes all roll’in back
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So I killed my Maw and Paw
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Killed them both in Arkansas
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“You gone” get so damn made
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Because I killed my Maw and Dad
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And now I'm running night and day
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Where I’m going I won’t say
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Just me and the girl in the stolen truck
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I hope they ohh..,
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It's tough luck...
Outro (many times):
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