Billy & Bonnie
Steve Earle

Billy was seventeen and mean as hell

Bonnie said she was thirty, it was hard to tell

Now Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night

At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight

Now Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows

Taught Billy every single thing he knows

But she never told Billy what she left out

The part about the trouble when your times runs out

When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south

It's all over when your time runs out

Well Bonnie said, Billy, don't you think it's time

We moved on a little further down the line

So they knocked off a Texaco south of town

Blew down the highway with the ragtop down

Now Billy woke Bonnie up about daylight

Said, You drive honey, I've been up all night

Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB

'Cause he didn't leave a single soul alive to see

He was just sixteen, made his mama proud

That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out

Now Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac

Billy passed out with the seat reared back

Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark

Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park

Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops

He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped

Now Bonnie knew what she had to do

She called the sheriff and she cried on cue

And the state police rousted Billy out

He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time run out

Well the sheriff told Billy, Boy, you're bound to die

'Cause this young lady's gonna testify

That you done took her off against her will

And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed

Now the judge said, Billy, what you got to say

Before I have the sheriff carry you away

Now Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye

But he didn't even have to ask her why

But he turned around when they led him out

He said I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out


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