I Run For My Life Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim Ed Brown
I Run For My Life
Recorded by Jim Ed Brown
Written by Bob Tubert and Margie Bowes
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I've seen the travel folders where to go and what to
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But I've
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never found a place that won't remind me of
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you
So I keep right on moving from your memory I take
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flight
I find
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hurt in every
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town as I
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run for my
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life
In crowds I find I'm alone never where I want to
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be
When it
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seems I'll forget your memory sneaks upon
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me
So I find I have to hurry off lose myself and
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denied
Morning
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finds me out of
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breath as I
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run for my
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life
I
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run for my life through a
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hundred heartbreak
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towns
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run for my life still the
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hurtin'
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won't slow
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down
If I could just lose myself when I know the race I'd
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win
But the
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only way to lose myself is an awful
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sin
Your memory's like my shadow it's always by my
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side
I'm just
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going around in
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circles as I
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run for my
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life
I'm just
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going around in
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circles as I
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run for my
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life
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Run For My Life?
- The song I Run For My Life was sang by Jim Ed Brown.
Who is Jim Ed Brown?
- James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 - June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
