Found a pearl down in the ocean Big and bright That pearl would glow On the darkest of nights Thought I’d realise my dreams I was wrong, well so it seems
I can’t run away no more Don’t know what I’m running for
Took my wife and family Over mountains, under trees Run away to a better place But there were a thousand trials To face
I can’t run away no more Don’t know what I’m running for
Bounty hunter came to track Me down with a shotgun in His hand he shot our little boy Down we lay there in the sand
I can’t run away no more Don’t know what I’m running for
Then we made our way back home That’s where we’re gonna stay We looked out to the ocean And threw the pearl away
I can’t run away no more Don’t know what I’m running for I can’t run away no more Don’t know what I was running for