Lyrics

Robert's got a quick  
He'll look around the  
He won't tell you his  
He's got a   cigarette
Hanging out his  
He's a cowboy  

Yeah he found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet,
in the box of fun  
I don't even know  
But he's coming for you,
yeah he's coming for you

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

Daddy   a long day
He be coming home   ,
and he's coming home late
And he's   me a surprise
'Cause dinner's in the  
and it's packed in  

I've waited for a long time
Yeah the sleight of my  
is now a quick-pull  
I reason with my cigarette
Then say, "Your hair's on   ,
you must've lost your   , yeah?"

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

Run, run, run, run, ru-ru-ru-run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run
Ru-ru-ru-run, run, run, run, run, run

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run,
faster than my bullet
Legend

Meaning

The song refers to the Columbine High School Massacre of 1999.

Vocabulary