Dead Man Runs Before He Walks

Digging a hole was easy enough
With a fork and a spoon and a dixie cup
Night by night and spoon by spoon
You know the tunnel was ready so we made our move

Now we drew straws and I went first
Clawing and a scratching in the mud and the dirt
Yea I'd love to have seen that old warden's face
When he found me gone without a trace

I can hear the sirens squawking
And I know they're on my trail
I can hear the bloodhounds balling
A dead man runs before he walks
Lord, lord, lord
A dead man runs before he walks

Now I won't be bound by chains of steel
This time they'll have to shoot to kill
No I can't go back inside them walls
You know a dead man runs before he walks

I can hear the sirens squawking
And I know they're on my trail
I can hear the blood hounds balling
A dead man runs before he walks Lord, Lord, Lord
A dead man runs before he walks Lord, Lord, Lord
You know a dead man runs before he walks Lord, Lord, Lord
You know a dead man runs before he walks