He was born and raised around Jacksonville a nice young man bout the kind to kill But the jealous fight and the flashing blades sent him on the run through the evrglades Running like the dog through the everglades Where a man can hide and never be found and never have fear of the baying hounds Better keep movin' don't stand still if the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville [ harmonica ] Well the Possy went in and he came back out And said he'll die and there ain't no doubt It's an eye for a nice so the death is fate in monthless long in the everglades A man can't live in the everglades But a man can hide... [ harmonica ] Now the years went by and his girl was wed His family gave up they thought he was dead Now and then the people would say they had seen him runnin' through the everglades Runnin' like the dog through the everglades Where a man can hide...