I had a hard run, runnin` from your window.
I was all night running, running, Lord I wonder if you care,
I had a run in, run around, and run down.
Run around the corner, corner, Lord run smack in to a tree.
I had to move, really had to move,
That`s why if you please, I am on my bendin` knees,
Bertha don`t you come around here anymore.
Dressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea.
Try to see what`s goin` down, try to read between the lines.
I had a feelin` I was fallin`, fallin`, fallin`,
I turned around to see,
Heard a voice al callin`, Lord you was comin` after me.
I had to move, really had to move,
That`s why if you please, I am on my bendin knees,
Bertha don`t you come around here anymore.
Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into Novato.
It`s all night pourin`, pourin`, pourin`,
Lord but not a drop on me.
Test me, test me,
Test me, test me, test me,
Why don`t you arrest me?
Throw me in to the jailhouse,
Lord until the sun goes down, `till it goes down.
I had to move, really had to move,
That`s why if you please, I am on my bendin` knees,
Bertha don`t you come around here anymore.
I had to move, really had to move,
That`s why if you please, I am on my bendin` knees,
Bertha don`t you come around here anymore.