Gene Clark - The Drifter lyrics

Jesse and the padre try to keep things cool Knowing exactly how to make stone into j**els The judge was the kind of man who always talked fast And the way things were going His world wouldn't last The desperados make a plan To set the town on fire And when they try to make a stand They were ambushed at the wire The drifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way out of sight But it gets him nowhere And the drifter never pays the price He's running through the day and the night But he's running to nowhere The judge said boys don't you know this town is mine Don't going try to change it everything will be just fine Those desperadoes don't pay them no mind Everybody knows that they can't read or write The judge put Jesse in the jail Although there is no crime The padre tried to get him out With a stick of dynamite The drifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way out of sight But it gets him nowhere And the drifter never pays a price He's running through the day and the night But he's running to nowhere Oh no... The drifter knows he can't always go with the tide The time will come when he'll have to choose up sides Which way will he go will it be left or right The judge says things are either black or white The desperados make a plan To set the town on fire And when they try to make a stand They were ambushed at the wire The drifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way out of sight But it gets him nowhere And the drifter never pays the price He's running through the day and the night But he's running to nowhere