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   [ ac.guitar ]   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...