Can You Run Lyrics - Reckless - Steeldrivers

There's smoke down by the river 

Hear the cannon and the drum 

I've got one thing to ask you honey 

Can you run? 

You know I hate to ask so late 

But the moment's finally come 

And there won't be time to change your mind 

Can you run? 

Can you run, to the freedom line of the Lincoln soldiers? 

Where the contraband can be a man 

With a musket on his shoulder 

I've got to stand up tall before I'm done 

Wrap these hands of mine around a gun 

And chase the taste of bondage from my tongue 

Can you run? 

Can you run? 

I'm takin nothin with me 

We've just got time to beat the sun 

And the boys in gray are never far away 

Can you run? 

Can you run, to the freedom line of the Lincoln soldiers? 

Where the contraband can be a man 

With a musket on his shoulder 

I've got to stand up tall before I'm done 

Wrap these hands of mine around a gun 

And chase the taste of bondage from my tongue 

Can you run? 

Can you run? 

There's smoke down by the river 

Hear the cannon and the drum 

And even if I die, I've got to try 

Can you run? 

Can you run, to the freedom line of the Lincoln soldiers? 

Where the contraband can be a man 

With a musket on his shoulder 

I've got to stand up tall before I'm done 

Wrap these hands of mine around a gun 

And chase the taste of bondage from my tongue 

Can you run? 

Can you run? 

Can you run? 

Can you run?