go tell the people I'll be right back

got a couple of things to break out back

get these bozos off my back

move on outta here

I'm gonna take it to the mountain if the mountain won't come

kids are dropping here one by one

let the national guard come get the job done

why do people jeer

here's a letter from Charlie Street

from the dawn partol with the midnight beat

and a burned out soul in every place we meet

you've got to run with the lions

live like a king

play to the viper, everything

run with the lions

lose like a man

run, run like a lion can

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

you've got to run, run like a lion can

down here they give it all up

got a ten cent shine with a nickle's worth of luck

tell all your children to just say no

when the whole town's high on 40 dollar blow

here's a letter from Charlie Street

from the dawn partol with the midnight beat

there's a burned out soul in every place we meet

you've got to run with the lions

live like a king

play to the viper, everything

run with the lions

lose like a man

run, run like a lion can

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

you've got to run, run like a lion can

you've got to run with the lions

live like a king

play to the viper, everything

run with the lions

lose like a man

run, run like a lion can

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

runnin with the lions

you've got to run, run like a lion can