You can run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down.

Go and tell that long-tongue liar

Go and tell that midnight rider

Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back-biter

Tell 'em that god's gonna cut 'em down

Tell 'em that god's gonna cut 'em down.

Well, my goodness gracious, let me tell you the news

My head's been wet with the midnight dew

And I've been down on a bended knee

Talkin' to the man from galilee

And he spoke to me in a voice so sweet

And I thought I heard the shuffle of an angel's feet

He called my name and my heart stood still

When he said, "john, go do my will".

So run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down.

Well, you may throw your rock and hide your hand

Workin' in the dark against a fellow man

But as sure as god made black and white

What's done in the dark'll be brought to the light.

So run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down.

Tell that long-tongue liar

Go and tell that midnight rider

Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back-biter

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down

Sooner or later, god'll cut you down.