Runaway Boy

Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1988 album "Never Die Young." [Intro] Cadd9          Cadd9         [Verse 1] Fetch down the fiddle rosin up the bow Don’t play me nothing on the radio Don’t make me remember the Alamo I’m feeling like a little bit of Cotton Eyed Joe      [Verse 2] No raging Cajun crawfish stew Fat batter coming in a loumamalou Boy howdy and howdy damn do Something like fine setting eyes on  you          [Chorus] Let me come down I won’t never go back up again Oh hold me down           Let me come home I won’t never go away no more Oh let me come   down [Verse 3] In a younger day back in Tennessee    The muddy Mississippi used to call to me Float on a river and set yourself free Run from the farm and the family tree Run from the runaway boy  yeah. [Interlude]                    N..                      N..   [Verse 4]         Cadd9                                   F So I’ve been all the places that I ever want to be      Cadd9                      F     C I’ve seen all the people that I ever want to see     Cadd9                              F I’m sick and tired of being lonely and free I’m ready today for what’s waiting on me [Verse 5] I’m gotta give up believing I was born to run Stop acting like a man that gets shot from a gun I’m putting down roots I want to soak up sun And stay right here until my days are done               [Chorus] Let me back down I will never go up again Hold me down tie me on down Let me go home I will never go away no more Oh let me come home Oh    let me go down     [Outro]       G7sus4        G7sus4        G7sus4