idabel blues

running hard and running fast

trying to get away

going to the bayou

where no one knows my name

no one knows my name

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

i had a job real good pay

watching summers crop

made a hundred bucks a day

guarding those green tops

guarding those green tops

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

august night up real high

rifle in my hand

whiskey drinks

forty winks

they cleared my buddy's land

cleared my buddy's land

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

spent my time in idabel

just trying to get ahead

friends i've known all my life

are wishing i was dead

they are wishing i was dead

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

running hard

running fast

trying to get away

going to the bayou

where no one knows my name

no one knows my name

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

won't you hide me pa

fore the red river is my grave

is my grave

is my grave

is my grave