I had a hard run Running from your window I was all night running, running, running I wonder if you care? I had a run-in Run around and run down Run around a corner Run smack into a tree
I had to move Really had to move That’s why, if you please I am on my bended knees Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Dressed myself in green I went down to the sea Try to see what’s going down Try to read between the lines Had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling Turned around to see Heard a voice a-calling, calling, calling You was coming after me Back to me
I had to move Really had to move That’s why, if you please I am on my bended knees Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore
Ran into a rainstorm Ducked into a bar door It was all night pouring, pouring rain But not a drop on me Test me, test me Why don’t you arrest me? Throw me in the jail house Until the sun goes down ‘Til it go down
I had to move Really had to move That’s why, if you please I am on my bended knees Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore