Billy And Bonnie-Steve Earle

[ti:Billy And Bonnie (Album Versio] [ar:Steve Earle] [al:I Feel Alright] [by:] [offset:0] [00:04.66]Billy was 17 and mean as hell [00:08.79]Bonnie said she was 30 it was hard to tell [00:13.34]Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night [00:17.90]At the dirt track races it was love at first sight [00:22.66]Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows [00:27.34]Taught Billy every single thing he knows [00:31.78]But she never told billy what she left out [00:36.59]The part about the trouble when your times runs out [00:40.41]When the thrill is gone when your deal goes south [00:46.66]It's all over when your time runs out [00:49.72] [00:58.79]Bonnie said "Billy don't you think it's time [01:03.91]We moved on a little further down the line" [01:07.85]So they knocked off a Texaco south of town [01:11.23] [01:12.60]Blew down the highway with the ragtop down [01:15.22] [01:17.03]Billy woke Bonnie up about first light [01:19.41] [01:21.53]Said "You drive honey I've been up all night" [01:24.41] [01:26.04]Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB [01:27.97]'Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see [01:33.60] [01:34.53]The boy was just 16 made his mama proud [01:38.47] [01:40.53]That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out [01:44.16] [01:52.85]Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac [01:55.03] [01:57.53]Billy passed out with the seat reared back [02:00.16] [02:02.09]Slept through Louisiana then just past dark [02:04.54] [02:06.72]Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park [02:08.97] [02:11.28]Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops [02:13.60] [02:15.79]He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped [02:18.54] [02:20.29]Bonnie knew what she had to do [02:22.60] [02:24.91]She called the sheriff and she cried on cue [02:27.54] [02:28.60]And the state police rousted Billy out [02:30.78] [02:31.35]He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out [02:35.24]The sheriff told Billy "Boy you're bound to die [02:38.11] [02:46.99]'Cause this young lady's gonna testify [02:49.55] [02:56.55]That you done took her off against her will [02:59.36]And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed" [03:05.86]The judge said "Billy what you got to say [03:08.43] [03:10.05]Before I have the sheriff carry you away" [03:11.87]Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye [03:16.18] [03:18.99]But he didn't even have to ask her why [03:21.43] [03:23.05]But he turned around as they led him out [03:26.49] [03:28.62]He said "I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out"