Well I gotta get out right now What in the world to do? Seems I stole a ghost away from you Shame my mother with the burden of a murdering son Well Im headed out west, blazing a trail Gonna run clean out of my shoes Ill keep on running til the bottom of my feet are bruised Uncle told me once about a place called the middle ground Well, way over yonder past the Ohio River You can eat like a woodland king Theres fish in the water like you aint never seen Aint no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground You can eat on elk, eat on deer You can eat on ringtailed coon Theres all kinds of critters in the dark that wanna eat on you Aint no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground Well the churchyard [?] mountain Turned murdererontherun Pray my mama and the Lord in heaven Can forgive me for the things Ive done But there aint no jury in the middle ground In the middle ground a boy is free So goodbye Mama, Im agoing to the middle ground Well I know his friends and his next of kin Would love to watch me swing And I may be sorry that I aint so sorry That Im never gonna let them see That there aint no jury in the middle ground In the middle ground a boy is free So goodbye momma, Im agoing to the middle ground Well I gotta get out right now What in the world to do? Seems I beat the brakes right off of you Sent you early to the maker of the middle ground So goodbye momma Im going to the middle ground
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