Old John Thornton

Old John Thornton a simple man

Who lived his dreary life amid the cold

Looked around and all he saw was a bitter land

Where man was meant to live his life alone

But then one day he saw a creature brilliant as the sun

That wilderness had tested time and time

And when he saw injustice fall upon that glorious dog

He couldn't stop the rage he felt inside

You can't keep a man from fightin'

When he learns how the world is run

Oh no you can't keep a dog from lovin'

Even when he is driven to hunt

And you can't stop the snow from fallin'

When the sun don't shine where you live

No you can't keep those dogs from leading a pack

'Cause you know they were meant to run

Run away

Until they reached that secret land of gold

But they didn't care for riches no

See they didn't want that fame

For freedom was the song that drove their souls

But then that wild and stalwart dog was tempted by a call

A call that John would come to understand

Was something undeniable

A wolf inside that soul

It echoed everywhere throughout the land

Throughout the land

They would finally understand

You can't keep a man from fightin'

When he learns how the world is run

Oh no you can't keep a dog from lovin'

Even when he is driven to hunt

And you can't stop the snow from fallin'

When the sun don't shine where you live

No you can't keep those dogs from leading a pack

They may stay they may go

They may never come back

But it is what it is a simple fact

'Cause you know they were meant to

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

'Cause you know they were meant to run