Hit The Ground And Run

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    One, two, three, four!

    Oh, there's a wedding in the chapel
    And the bride is oh so happy
    And daddy's got a shotgun in his hand
    The groom is sweatin' bullets
    As the priest steps to the pulpit
    He's about to make this boy into a man

    Sweet Jesus in the Garden
    Won't you grant this boy a pardon
    For it's true, he really don't know what he's done
    You better lock the church door tight
    'Cause at the slightest crack of light
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    He's gonna run
    He's gonna fly
    He's out the door and down the street
    And he won't say goodbye
    The diapers and the diatribes of her daddy on the rum
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

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    Was it the rubbing or the tugging
    Put a bun in Nancy's oven
    She's praying she's not starting to show
    But the wedding's set for April
    And she's known since November
    She ain't got hells chance of a ball of snow
    Aye!

    Sweet Jesus in the Garden
    Won't you grant this boy a pardon
    For it's true, he really don't know what he's done
    You better lock the church door tight
    'Cause at the slightest crack of light
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    He's gonna run
    He's gonna fly
    He's out the door and down the street
    And he won't say goodbye
    The diapers and the diatribes of her daddy on the rum
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    What in the Lord's name was he thinking
    You can't blame this all on drinking
    You can count the family teeth upon one hand
    By midnight he was muddled, oh her gene pool is a puddle
    Now he might be the daddy of his own man

    Sweet Jesus in the Garden
    Won't you grant this boy a pardon
    For it's true, he really don't know what he's done
    You better lock the church door tight
    'Cause at the slightest crack of light
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    He's gonna run
    He's gonna fly
    He's out the door and down the street
    And he won't say goodbye
    The diapers and diatribes of her daddy on the rum
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    He's gonna run
    He's gonna fly
    He's out the door and down the street
    And he won't say goodbye
    The diapers and diatribes of her daddy on the rum
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!
    That boy is gonna hit the ground and run!

    Song details

    Composition: Alan Doyle and Russell Crowe

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