"I'd no cause to be thinking of her, yet every man has some girl he thinks of, and my thoughts kept turning back to her." Barnabas Sackett

What You'll Have To Outrun

He chased her round the old playground

During recess in first grade.

In high school, country radio

kept them close as the love songs played.

Then at their country wedding,

The parson preached on Love

Said, "you might outrun a whole lotta things,

But you just can't outrun Love!"

Just like in every good Love story,

The hard times had to come,

And so one night, in a big ole fight,

He packed up his bags to run.

No matter how she pleaded,

She couldn't change his mind to stay

So leaning through the driver's window,

Here's what she had to say:

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"If you run, I'm coming after you,

And even if you get away,

You'll find me there on the radio

Every time a Love song plays!

Turn off the dial, and you'll have to deal

With the Father and the Son;

Cause Jesus, me, and the radio waves

Are what you'll have to outrun!"

Well, the first song on the radio

Was "Love like Johnny and June"

So he shut it off, and there in the sky

Was a bright, full Lover's moon.

So he stopped the car and he bowed to pray,

And all he heard from God above

Was "son, you might outrun a whole lotta things,

But you just can't outrun Love!"

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