Started out as an acoustic piece and, with my engineer, Bob Kelly, built it into a bigger production. I usually play guitars, sometimes bass and, in this case string lines. I bring my arrangements to Kelly's digital studio and we enter it into his recording software to get the tracks started. Bob Kelly Studio Recording
Lyrics
GET AWAY
HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR WAY WHEN YOU’RE LOST
AND YOU’RE WONDERING HOW YOUR STARS GOT CROSSED
AND THE ONLY THING ON YOUR MIND IS HOW TO GET AWAY
YOU LIVE BY THE GUN AND IT TURNS OUT BAD
FIGHTING FOR A WOMAN THAT YOU NEVER HAD
WHO CARES ABOUT TOMORROW IF YOU’RE DYING TODAY
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN KISS YOUR SOUL GOODBYE
AND YOUR’RE GETTING NO HELP FROM THE MAN ON HIGH
AND YOU WISH SOMEONE HAD TAUGHT YOU WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU PRAY
YOU CAN’T GET SLEEP AND YOU CAN’T GET SAVED
AND YOU WON’T GET A STONE FOR YOUR BOOT HILL GRAVE
THERE’S NOTHING IN THE WORLD YOU CAN GET BUT TO GET AWAY
I RUN FROM THE TRUTH AND I RUN FROM THE LAW
OOH OOH OOH
TOO FAST WITH ANGER TOO FAST ON THE DRAW
OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH
I GOT TO KNOW A GIRL ONE TIME
SHE WANTED ME TO SWEAR THE SHE WAS MINE
BUT MY HEART FROZE UP AND MY MIND WOULDN’T LET ME STAY
SHE GOT TOO CLOSE AND I COULD NOT BREATHE
SO THE LOVE JUST DIED AND I DID NOT GRIEVE
THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS TO GET AWAY
I ONCE HEARD A PREACHER AND HATED WHAT HE SAID
HE TRIED TO BLAME ME CAUSE JESUS BLED
I WASN’T EVEN THERE AND I DIDN’T DO WHAT THEY SAY
I NEVER SHOT A MAN WHO DIDN’T HOLD A GUN
BUT I FEEL LIKE A WOLF ON THE RUN
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TRY TO GET AWAY
I RUN FROM THE TRUTH AND I RUN FROM THE LAW
OOH OOH OOH
TO FAST WITH ANGER TO FAST ON THE DRAW
OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH
Words and Music by Jay Ramsey
