Kenny Rogers - Long Arm Of The Law Lyrics
In cumberland kentuckyOn a cool hot eveningBilly lay in love with marrianneShe was a rich judges daughterHe was a son of a minerBut that night their love was more than they could standThe judge said to his daughterThat son of that coal minerIs someone youll go hell to leave aloneShe knew his dad so wellShe knew she couldnt tellBut the truth was bound in show before too longTheir love had started growing on its ownYou cant out run the long arm of the lawNo, you cant out run the long arm of the lawBilly placed his hand on maryAnd he felt the babys movingKissed her and said Ill see you when I canThe judge had made a promiseWhen he caught up with billyHed sent him far away from marianneThe whole town knew hed do itToo many times hed proved itTo at least a hundred men behind the wallHed smiled behind that frownAnd when he brought that gavel downHe called himself the long arm of the lawAnd hed set his mind on seeing billy fallIn a hot humid mine shackA mid-white pulled the sheet backAnd placed cool damp towel on marianneBillys eyes were wide with wonderFrom the spell he was underWhen she placed the new born baby in his handsHe didnt hear the sirenJust a babys cryingThat miracle of love was all he sawWhen the door came crashing downAnd billy turned aroundHe felt the heart and soul inside him fallHe stood face to faceWith the long arm of the lawYou cant out run the long arm of the lawNo, you cant out run the long arm of the lawYou can hide out for a whileHe says with a smileBut you cant out run the long arm of the lawSeemed like everybody down in cumberland kentuckyCame out that day to see poor billys trialThe court was called to orderThere sat the judges daughterShe looked so proudHolding billys childWhen they brought billy to himThe judge just look right thru himAs he held that holy Bible in his handAnd he smiled at his grandsonThen his eyes cut back to billyAnd said I think this timeThe law will understandSon, I sentence you to live with marianneYou cant out run the long arm of the lawNo, you cant out run the long arm of the lawHe said to billy with a smileI know you hide out for a whileAh but you cant out run the long arm of the lawNo you cant out run the long arm of the law
