The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
Outlaws of Love: The Dark Tale of Bonnie and Clyde
Lyrics
Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people
Bonnie and Clyde were attractive individuals.
But I can tell you people, they were the devil's children
The speaker asserts that Bonnie and Clyde were morally corrupt.
Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin'
They began their criminal activities.
One lazy afternoon down Savannah way
They committed a robbery in Savannah on a leisurely afternoon.
They went and robbed a store, and high-tailed outa that town
They robbed a store and quickly fled the town.
Got clean away in a stolen car
They successfully escaped in a stolen car.
And waited till the heat died down
Waited until the law enforcement attention subsided.
Bonnie and Clyde advanced their reputation
They built on their criminal reputation.
And made the graduation into the banking business
Transitioned to robbing banks.
"Reach for the sky", talking Clyde would holler
Clyde would command victims to raise their hands during a robbery.
As Bonnie loaded dollars in the dewlap bag
Bonnie collected stolen money in a bag.
Now one brave man-he tried to take 'em alone
A man attempted to confront them alone.
They left him lying in a pool of blood
They left him injured or dead without remorse.
And laughed about it all the way home
They found amusement in the violent act on their way home.
Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one
They became the most wanted criminals.
Running and hiding from every American lawman's gun
Fleeing and evading law enforcement.
They used to laugh about dying
They joked about death despite knowing its inevitability.
But deep inside 'em they knew
Despite their laughter, they were aware that death awaited them.
That pretty soon they'd be lying
Anticipation of their shared demise.
Beneath the ground together
They would be buried together.
Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun and the morning dew
Imagery of their burial, pushing up daisies.
Acting upon reliable information
Law enforcement received credible information.
A federal deputation laid a deadly ambush
They set up a deadly trap for Bonnie and Clyde.
When Bonnie and Clyde came walking in the sunshine
Bonnie and Clyde walked unsuspectingly in the sunlight.
A half a dozen carbines opened up on them
Law enforcement opened fire on them.
Bonnie and Clyde, they lived a lot together
Bonnie and Clyde shared a significant portion of their lives.
And finally together they died
They ultimately died together.
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