Kenny Rogers - Long Arm Of The Law - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: IN CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY ON A COOL AUTUMN EVENIN’ BILLY LAY IN LOVE WITH MARY-ANN SHE WAS A RICH JUDGE’S DAUGHTER HE WAS THE SON OF A MINER BUT THAT NIGHT THEIR LOVE WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD STAND THE JUDGE SAID TO HIS DAUGHTER THAT SON OF THAT COAL MINER IS SOMEONE YOU’D DO WELL TO LEAVE ALONE SHE KNEW HER DAD SO WELL SHE KNEW SHE COULDN’T TELL BUT THE TRUTH WAS BOUND TO SHOW BEFORE TOO LONG THEIR LOVE HAD STARTED GROWIN’ ON ITS OWN YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW NO, YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW BILLY PLACED HIS HAND ON MARY AND HE FELT THE BABY MOVIN’ KISSED HER AND SAID I’LL SEE YOU WHEN I CAN THE JUDGE HAD MADE A PROMISE WHEN HE CAUGHT UP WITH BILLY HE’D SEND HIM FAR AWAY FROM MARY-ANN THE WHOLE TOWN KNEW HE’D DO IT TOO MANY TIMES HE’D PROVED IT TO AT LEAST A HUNDRED MEN BEHIND THE WALL HE’D SMILE BEHIND THAT FROWN AND WHEN HE BROUGHT THAT GAVEL DOWN HE CALLED HIMSELF THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW AND HE’D SET HIS MIND ON SEEIN’ BILLY FALL IN A HOT AND HUMID MINE SHACK A MIDWIFE PULLED THE SHEET BACK AND PLACED A COOL DAMP TOWEL ON MARY-ANN BILLY’S EYES WERE WIDE WITH WONDER FROM THE SPELL HE WAS UNDER WHEN SHE PLACED THE NEW BORN BABY IN HIS HANDS HE DIDN’T HEAR THE SIREN JUST THE BABY CRYIN’ THAT MIRACLE OF LOVE IS ALL HE SAW WHEN THE DOOR CAME CRASHIN’ DOWN AND BILLY TURNED AROUND HE FELT THE HEART AND SOUL INSIDE HIM FALL HE STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW NO, YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW YOU CAN HIDE OUT FOR A WHILE HE SAYS WITH A SMILE BUT YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY DOWN IN CUMBERLAND KENTUCKY CAME OUT THAT DAY TO SEE POOR BILLY’S TRIAL THE COURT WAS CALLED TO ORDER THERE SAT THE JUDGE’S DAUGHTER SHE LOOKED SO PROUD HOLDIN’ BILLY’S CHILD WHEN THEY BROUGHT BILLY TO HIM THE JUDGE JUST LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH HIM AS HE HELD THAT HOLY BIBLE IN HIS HAND AND HE SMILED AT HIS GRANDSON THEN HIS EYES CUT BACK TO BILLY SAID I THINK THIS TIME THE LAW WILL UNDERSTAND SON, I SENTENCE YOU TO LIFE WITH MARY-ANN... YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW NO, YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW HE SAID TO BILLY WITH A SMILE I KNOW YOU HID OUT FOR A WHILE BUT YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW NO, YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW...