ballad of arkansas dave rudebaugh

my daddy was an outlaw

mom died giving birth to me

they both let me all alone when i was on bended knee

if you don't like my story i suggest you turn the page

i don't need no preachin' i ain't got no soul to save. my name is arkansas dave rudebaugh and this here is tennessee jack

don't you give us any lip now boy or today will be your last

when the bank was dry we said good-bye and walked out to the street

when a cloud of bullets came a thundering down and took tennessee to his knees. i just stood there and watched him bleeding like a fool out in the rain

didn't have time to think when i jumped through the banks front window pane

grabbed the teller in a blink of an eye put a colt up to his head

said careful son don't try to run or tomorrow will be your last. i've got to fly like an eagle

free like a bird on the wind

hell fire and brimstone are coming down on me

mister i was born of sin. sat down in the corner and rolled a little home grown

said if i'm gonna die today i sure as hell ain't goin' alone

so i ran out the bank a shooting i was two for two at first

until i felt a painful sound as a bullet tore my shirt. i've got to fly like an eagle

free like a bird on the wind

hell fire and brimstone are coming down on me

mister i was born of sin. i crawled back to the alley way where i knew my horse was tied

and that's where all the legends say that arkansas dave rudebaugh died

but i was in a place so far from there in a time so long ago

in the arms of a pretty little senorita on the gulf of mexico. i've got to fly like an eagle

free like a bird on the wind

hell fire and brimstone are coming down on me

mister i was born of sin.