Everglades-Skeets McDonald

[ti:Everglades] [ar:Skeets McDonald] [al:Fallen Angel, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Everglades - Skeets McDonald [00:05.28]Written by：Harlan Howard [00:10.57]He was born and raised around Jacksonville [00:13.63] [00:14.29]A nice young man not the kind to kill [00:17.54]But the jealous fight and a flashing blade [00:20.67] [00:21.39]Sent him on the run through the everglades [00:24.25] [00:24.87]Runnin' like the dog through the everglades [00:27.64] [00:29.79]Well the posse went in and they came back out [00:32.79] [00:33.52]They said he'll die and there ain't no doubt [00:36.27] [00:36.81]It's an eye for an eye so the debt is paid [00:39.88] [00:40.39]He won't last long in the everglades [00:43.47] [00:44.03]A man can't live in the everglades [00:47.05] [00:49.17]Where a man can hide and never be found [00:52.17] [00:52.79]And have no fear of the baying hounds [00:56.06]But he better keep movin' and don't stand still [00:59.39]If the skeeters don't get him in Gatesville [01:02.66] [01:03.26]The skeeters don't get him in the Gatesville [01:06.07] [01:10.02]Now the years went by and his girl was wed [01:13.27] [01:13.86]His family gave him up for dead [01:17.31]But now and then the natives would say [01:20.72]They'd seen him a runnin' through the everglades [01:23.95] [01:24.72]Runnin' like the dog through the everglades [01:27.61] [01:29.68]Now he never heard the news on the radio [01:32.52] [01:33.26]He was deep in the glades and he'll never know [01:36.31] [01:36.98]He's runnin' and a hidin' didn't make much sense [01:39.82] [01:40.36]The jury had ruled it was self defence [01:43.40] [01:44.16]The jury had ruled it was self defence [01:47.04] [01:49.35]Where a man can hide and never be found [01:52.37] [01:53.02]And have no fear of the baying hounds [01:56.31]But he better keep on movin' and don't stand still [01:59.74]If the skeeters don't get him in Gatesville [02:03.02] [02:03.58]The skeeters don't get him in the Gatesville [02:06.27] [02:07.01]The skeeters don't get him in the Gatesville [02:09.80] [02:10.39]The skeeters don't get him in the Gatesville