Run The Ridges Lyrics - Kingston Trio

Well, I hope to tell you, Johnny, that I lay that rifle down 

But leave the noose and the calaboose and headed for another town 

Well, I've got your name in San Jose and your picture's there to see 

And they're shootin' men in Texas just because they look like me 

And we will run the ridges of our green land Tennessee 

And we will hide for forty years if that's what's meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be, meant to be 

Maybe we could try Mexico and cross the desert sand 

But they're guardin' 'cross the border 'case we swim the Rio Grande 

And we will run the ridges of our green land Tennessee 

And we will hide for forty years if that's what's meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be, meant to be 

Well, they'll rope and tie you, Johnny, and they'll throw you to the ground 

And they'll let you hang a week or two 'fore they cut your body down 

And we will run the ridges of our green land Tennessee 

And we will hide for forty years if that's what's meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be 

And we will run the ridges of our green land Tennessee 

And we will hide for forty years if that's what's meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be, meant to be 

Meant to be, meant to be, meant to be