You know Mary was a woman fine She was living with a hard guy Yeah, Mary got beat up One too many times She's a runaway She's a runaway Mary stole some money And she got herself a gun Then she shot her man down Now she's on the run She's a runaway She's a run, runaway Well, she ain't looking back anymore She said, "Catch me if you can, anymore" Y'know she didn't wanna do it
But he just pushed her too far Everybody got a breaking point And, baby, there you are She's a runaway Run, run, run, runaway I said she ain't looking back anymore She said, "Catch me if you can, anymore" Well, that's the story Of Mary and the gun Y'know she's a lot tougher now She's living on the run She's a runaway She's a run, runaway Run, run, run, runaway She's a runaway