[Verse 1]
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running
I wonder if you care?
I had a run-in
Run around and run down
Run around a corner
Lord, run smack into a tree

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 2]
Dressed myself in green
I went down to the sea
Try to see what's going down
Maybe read between the lines
Had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
Turned around to see
Heard a voice calling
You was runnin' back to me
[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 3]
Ran into a rainstorm
Ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
Lord, but not a drop on me, oh no
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why don't you arrest me?
Throw me in the jail house
Until the sun goes down
[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended 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 bended knees
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Outro]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha don't you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore
Anymore