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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Country's Family Reunion
Country's Family Reunion
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Composer
Clarence S. Anderson
Clarence S. Anderson
Composer
Elizabeth Jane Anderson
Elizabeth Jane Anderson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gabriel Communications
Gabriel Communications
Producer

Lyrics

I was born the runnin' kind
With leavin' always on my mind
Home was never home to me at any time
Every front door found me hopin'
Outside the back door open
There just had to be an exit
For the runnin' kind
Within me there's a prison
Surrounding me alone
As real as any dungeon with your walls of stone
I know runnin's not the answer
But runnin's been my nature
And a part of me that keeps me movin' on
I was born the runnin' kind
With leavin' always on my mind
And home was never home to me at any time
Every front door found me hopin'
Outside the back door open
A part of me that keeps me movin' on
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run, the highway is my home
I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While Mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I'm, I'm a fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail
I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run, the highway is my home
Written by: Clarence S. Anderson, Elizabeth Jane Anderson, Merle Haggard

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