Arthur Alligood - We Had a Mind to Run lyrics

We had a mind to run And we ran till sunset was no fire The stars became our blaze Their light our one desire We swore we'd never go back But we we're kids just learning to lie We couldn't leave that town We had to try just to shake it off All that dust, cross the sacred lines We had to try to just find it out, this old world Hidden from our eyes We had to try We had a mind to run And we ran against the grain under the gun Holding the bar so high We'd never settle..no Our Mommas wept and worried Our Daddys just shook there heads We swore we were gonna leave that town Oh, the day I remember Cut the sky a blood-let blue The thought was just as clear Us boys we all knew But we gave it one last run Finally crossed that county line Walking back we felt like soldiers Coming home from the fight Back to our hometown We couldn't leave that town