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Prince on the Run

from Eking Out A Prophet by Ilan Speizer

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Moses tells his story

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I was walkin’ my way, one lazy day,
In the burnin’ hot desert sun,
When I saw a man beating on his slave
Like a soul, he didn’t have one.

I took his neck, broke it like a twig.
Slave looked me in the eye,
Then I went to Ethiopia straight away,
With no time for goodbyes.

I was a prince on the run,
Running from the pharaoh, gonna run away far.
I was a prince on the run,
But there ain’t no runnin’ away from God.

Down in Ethiopia, life was good.
I had a wife, two kids, and a house of wood.
I was big in the community, a well known guy.
Everybody said, “Hello!” when I passed by.

I had a backyard, as nice as you please,
With beautiful grass and shrubs and trees.
I was hangin’ in the backyard, swingin’ from a tire,
When this bush started talkin’ and burst into fire!

I was a prince on the run,
Running from the pharaoh, gonna run away far.
I was a prince on the run,
But there ain’t no runnin’ away from God.

This bush said to me, “Hey, Moses, you must
Go right back to Egypt.”
“But my life there’s gone bust!
Besides, I’ve a wife and kids here in need!”
Says the bush, “I command you: set your people free!”

Well, I told my wife about the bush in flames
And I knew she must be thinkin’ her man’s insane,
But I got up early the very next day
And I rode my ass yonder Egypt way.

I was a prince on the run,
Running from the pharaoh, gonna run away far.
I was a prince on the run,
But there ain’t no runnin’ away from God.

I said, “Hey, Pharaoh, I’ll give you one chance to be
The man who put an end to Jewish slavery.”
Well, Pharaoh, he just couldn’t help but laugh
Until God made a serpent out of my staff.

It took ten plagues, but Pharaoh caved in.
With God on our side, we were bound to win.
We made our way across the Red, Red Sea
And down into the pages of history.

I was a prince on the run,
Running from the pharaoh, gonna run away far.
I was a prince on the run,
But there ain’t no runnin’ away from God.

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from Eking Out A Prophet, released July 16, 2019

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