What you gonna do when they come for your old man and they come for your best friend and they come for you? Then you better run, run away run down the alley up away. Smoke your cigarettes drink your brew. (You'd better) Run, run away, you got to run away run, run away but you'll never get away. You gotta get away You gotta get away You gotta get away, for salvation. What you gonna do when they ask your mamma where'd you go and they ask your sister where'd you go and they just don't know? Then, you better duck in the bush, hiding with your papers and a pistol, waiting for the man, then a come run joe (You'd better) Run, run away, you got to run away run, run away but you'll never get away. You gotta get away You gotta get away You gotta get away, for salvation.