IN CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY ON A COOL HOT EVENING
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BILLY LAY IN LOVE WITH MARRIANNE
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SHE WAS A RICH JUDGE'S DAUGHTER, HE WAS A SON OF A MINER
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BUT THAT NIGHT THEIR LOVE WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD STAND
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THE JUDGE SAID TO HIS DAUGHTER, THAT SON OF THAT COAL MINER
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IS SOMEONE YOU'D DO WELL TO LEAVE ALONE
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SHE KNEW HER DAD SO WELL, SHE KNEW SHE COULDN'T TELL
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BUT THE TRUTH WAS BOUND TO SHOW BEFORE TOO LONG
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THEIR LOVE HAD STARTED GROWING ON ITS OWN
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YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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NO, YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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BILLY PLACED HIS HAND ON MARY AND HE FELT THE BABY'S MOVING
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KISSED HER AND SAID I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I CAN
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THE JUDGE HAD MADE A PROMISE WHEN HE CAUGHT UP WITH BILLY
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HE'D SENT HIM FAR AWAY FROM MARIANNE
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THE WHOLE TOWN KNEW HE'D DO IT TOO MANY TIMES HE'D PROVED IT
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TO AT LEAST A HUNDRED MEN BEHIND THE WALL
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HE'D SMILED BEHIND THAT FROWN AND WHEN HE BROUGHT THAT GAVEL DOWN
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HE CALLED HIMSELF THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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AND HE'D SET HIS MIND ON SEEING BILLY FALL
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IN A HOT HUMID MINE SHACK A MID-WHITE PULLED THE SHEET BACK
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AND PLACED COOL DAMP TOWEL ON MARIANNE
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BILLY'S EYES WERE WIDE WITH WONDER FROM THE SPELL HE WAS UNDER
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WHEN SHE PLACED THE NEW BORN BABY IN HIS HANDS
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HE DIDN'T HEAR THE SIREN, JUST A BABY'S CRYING
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THAT MIRACLE OF LOVE WAS ALL HE SAW
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WHEN THE DOOR CAME CRASHING DOWN AND BILLY TURNED AROUND
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HE FELT THE HEART AND SOUL INSIDE HIM FALL
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HE STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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NO, YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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YOU CAN HIDE OUT FOR A WHILE, HE SAYS WITH A SMILE
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BUT YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY DOWN IN CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY
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CAME OUT THAT DAY TO SEE POOR BILLY'S TRIAL
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THE COURT WAS CALLED TO ORDER, THERE SAT THE JUDGE'S DAUGHTER
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SHE LOOKED SO PROUD, HOLDING BILLY'S CHILD
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WHEN THEY BROUGHT BILLY TO HIM, THE JUDGE JUST LOOK RIGHT THRU HIM
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AS HE HELD THAT HOLY BIBLE IN HIS HAND AND HE SMILED AT HIS GRANDSON
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THEN HIS EYES CUT BACK TO BILLY
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AND SAID I THINK THIS TIME THE LAW WILL UNDERSTAND
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SON, I SENTENCE YOU TO LIFE WITH MARIANNE
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YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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NO, YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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HE SAID TO BILLY WITH A SMILE, I KNOW YOU HIDE OUT FOR A WHILE
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AH BUT YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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NO YOU CAN'T OUT RUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
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The Long Arm Of The Law
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| Kenny Rogers |
