Shovel on Your Shoulder

Well I’ve been running, hounds on my trail
I’m torn and tattered but the wind’s in my sails
Since I was born I’ve been thin as a rail
But I ain’t gonna be no hammer’s nail
Well, so long they told me, so long they told me, «Son
«Can't keep doing the things that you’ve done»
So far away I’ve wandered, so far away I’ve run
Keep that shovel on your shoulder and go down with the sun
I’m jumping fences, jump tree to tree
Hounds below and on each side of me
Well, I tip and toe 'round their bowls while they sleep
'Cause I’m a man and I ain’t no treat
Well, so long they told me, so long they told me, «Son
«Can't keep doing the things that you’ve done»
So far away I’ve wandered, so far away I’ve run
Keep that shovel on your shoulder and go down with the sun
World will roll like a drum that you play
Slip out of tune, out of time and away
Now your days are nights and your night times are days
They’ll tell you, «Boy, don’t you know you’re gonna pay»
Well, so long they told me, so long they told me, «Son
«Can't keep doing the things that you’ve done»
So far away I’ve wandered, so far away I’ve run
Keep that shovel on your shoulder and go down with the sun
Keep that shovel on your shoulder and go down with the sun
Keep that shovel on your shoulder and go down with the sun