He was a nice young man from Jacksonville  Yes, a nice young man, not the kind to kill  But a jealous fight and a flashing blade  Sent him on the run through the Everglades    Now he's runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  He's just runnin' like a dog through the Everglades    Well they chased him in, and they came back out  They said "He'll die, there ain't no doubt.  An eye for an eye, that's a debt that's paid,  Man can't live in the Everglades!"    He's just runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  He's just runnin' like a dog through the Everglades    Well, a man can run, and never be found  Have no fear from the baying of the hounds  Better keep movin' and don't stand still,  If the skeeters don't get you then the gators will    Well the years went by and his girl was wed  And his family gave him up for dead  But now and then, the injuns would say  "Seen him runnin' through the Everglades"    He's just runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  He's just runnin like a dog through the Everglades    Awooooo    Well he never heard the news on the radio  He was deep in the 'glades, so he'll never know  His running and hiding didn't make much sense  Because the judge ruled it was self-defense    Still he's just runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  Runnin' like a dog  He's just runnin' ....