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There's smoke down by the river* |
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Hear the cannon and the drum |
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I've got one thing to ask you honey |
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Can you run? |
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You know I hate to ask so late |
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But the moment's finally come |
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And there won't be time to change your mind |
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Can you run? |
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Can you run, to the freedom line of the Lincoln soldiers? |
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Where the contraband can be a man |
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With a musket on his shoulder |
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I've got to stand up tall before I'm done |
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Wrap these hands of mine around a gun |
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And chase the taste of bondage from my tongue |
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Can you run? |
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Can you run? |
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I'm takin nothin with me |
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We've just got time to beat the sun |
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And the boys in gray are never far away |
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Can you run? |
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(repeat chorus) |
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There's smoke down by the river |
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Hear the cannon and the drum |
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And even if I die, I've got to try |
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Can you run? |
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(repeat chorus) |
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Can you run? |
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Can you run? |
