My Great Escape Lyrics - Marc Cohn

[PART ONE] 

Kickin' stones down by the gypsy shacks 

Along the wrong side of the tracks 

Steppin' over all the cracks 

Cross my fingers too 

Wishing on that lucky day 

When I finally make my getaway 

Won't be nothing left to say (no no) 

Only one thing left to do 

Just run through the valleys 

And down through the woods 

Out in the alleys 

Past the old neighborhoods 

(And I know I got) so far to travel 

And the hour is late 

But it's out of the darkness 

When I make my great escape 

When I make my great escape 

[PART TWO] 

He's travellin' down the road tonight 

His heart is heavy but his load is light 

He fakes to the left but he moves to the right 

On a lonely road tonight 

He moves to the right 

And he drops a penny into a wishing well 

Nobody hears him as far as he can tell 

He sees a thousand other wishes lying there 

And he rightly wonders if the gods will care 

If the gods are gonna care 

So he runs through the valleys 

And on through the woods 

Down in the alleys 

Past the old neighborhoods 

(And he's got) so far to travel 

And the hour is late 

But it's out of the darkness 

When he makes his great escape 

When he makes his great escape 

When he makes his great escape