Colter Run Lyrics

In 1809 John Colter and John Potts

Paddled their canoe up the Jefferson

On the hunt for beaver sign and a good camping spot

Right when they reached the river bend

Blackfeet warriors swarmed the river bank

And motioned for them to surrender

Colter threw up his hands but Potts tempted his fate

And was riddled with arrows and dismembered

They ripped off Colter's clothes and took his moccasins

And told him to starting running for his life

Like a game of cat and mouse just dragging out the end

He took off with the Madison in his sights

Run Colter run

Run like the wind

Or set like a sun

Never to rise again

Run Colter run

Breathe every breath

And pray that you find the strength

To outrun death

He ran and ran like a deer from a wolf pack

Body aching bleeding head to toe

Born a swift runner he left the Blackfeet miles back

Save for a lone warrior holding his own

Out of breath Colter stopped and stretched his hands out

In surprise the warrior fell and dropped his spear

So Colter jumped upon him and stabbed him on the ground

And started running before the rest appeared

Run Colter run

Run like the wind

Or set like a sun

Never to rise again

Run Colter run

Breathe every breath

And pray that you find the strength

To outrun death

He jumped in the water and climbed in a beaver lodge

And hid there 'til the darkness finally fell

By the moonlight he went east for eleven days he walked

When he reached the trading post he had quite tale to tell

Run Colter run

Run like the wind

Or set like a sun

Never to rise again

Run Colter run

Breathe every breath

And pray that you find the strength

To outrun death

Run for your life

Till you can't go no more

Run Colter run

Outrun death