Everglades Lyrics - Harlan Howard

He was born and raised around Jacksonville a nice young man not the kind to kill 

But the jealous fight and the flashing blade 

Sent him on the run through the everglades 

Runnin' like the dog through the everglades 

Well the Possy went in and he came back out 

And said he'll die and there ain't no doubt 

It's an eye for an eye, so the debt is paid, because he won't last long in the everglades 

A man can't live in the everglades 

Where a man can hide and never be found and have no fear of the bayin' hound 

But he better keep movin' and don't stand still 

If the skeeters don't get him then the gators will 

If the skeeters don't get him then the gators will 

Now the years went by and his girl was wed his family gave him up for dead 

But now and then the natives would say they'd seen him runnin' through the everglades 

Runnin' like the dog through the everglades 

He'd never heard the news on the radio he was deep in the glades and he'll never know 

He's runnin' and hidin' doesn't make much sense 

The jury had ruled it was self defence the jury had ruled it was self defence 

Now a man can hide...