i had a dog his name was jim took all of my old clothes with him whoa ooooooooooooooo oh runaway jim whoa ooooooooooooooo oh runaway jim he was twelve years old when his trip began hauling down the highway in my old sedan now i wish someone d tell me where old jim went cause he took all the money that i saved for rent by the time he came home he was seventeen that s a hundred nineteen to you and me now i m gonna go up to the mountain singing for jim who s swimming in the fountain runaway runaway runaway