George Hamilton Iv Everglades Lyrics

Everglades Lyrics

He was born and raised around Jacksonville



A nice young man not the kind to kill



But the jealous fight and a flashing blade



Sent him on the run through the Everglades



Runnin' like the dog through the Everglades



Now the posse went in and they came back out



And said he'll die and there ain't no doubt



It's an eye for an eye the debt is paid



You won't last long in the Everglades



A man can't live in the everglades



Where a man can hide and never be found



And have no fear of the baying hounds



But he better keep movin' and don't stand still



If the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville



If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville



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Now the years went by and his girl was wed



His family gave him up for dead



Now and then the natives would say



They'd seen him a runnin' through the Everglades



Runnin' like the dog through the Everglades



Now he never heard the news on the radio



He was deep in the glades and he'll never know



He's runnin' and a hidin' and didn't make much sense



The jury had ruled it was self-defence



The jury had ruled it was self-defence



Where a man can hide...