I Can’t Get Away

By Merle Haggard

On Serving 190 Proof

Released on May 18, 1979

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I've been running from life

I keep running from life

Hey, I'm still running from life

But I can't get away

I'd settle down if I could

Because there's one thing well understood

We all know running is no good

We can't get away

I drown my thoughts in a glass

Take any way up for a blast

Hey, to tried to get rid of the past

But I can't get away

There's no way out of it all

Yet I've got no use for it all

Yes, I will run till I fall

I can't get away

Everyone wants to be free

We always want to be free

But life won't let us be free

We can't get away

So I'll keep running from life

Hey, always running from life

I'd still keep running from life

I can't get away

I am running from life

I'm always running from life

I'm still running from life

And I can't get away