| One more drink 'fore he split town
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| Pulled up in a rose pink cadillac
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| He was singin' with the top down girl from the north
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| Dylan and Johnny Cash
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| He won the car on a card game listenin' to The Boss
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| He keeps his clothes in a gunney sack
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| She said, «Tell you what sailor, if you take me outta here
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| I’ll do anything that you ask
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| Cause I don’t wanna die like the people down here
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| But I feel that I’m fading fast.»
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| He looked over to her chestnut hair
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| He said «I don’t believe in love.»
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| But he knew good and well she was the only girl there
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| So he figured it was close enough
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| And they hopped in the car, rolled the windows down far
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| And they headed through the desert plains
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| And she didn’t even mind when they crossed the state line
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| And the sky opened up with rain
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| And they went three states 'fore they even spoke a word
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| He leaned over just to ask her name
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| She said, «Take me to the 61 highway, sailor
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| And you can call me Queen Jane
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| Cause the only thing I stole from the town
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| Was a crown that I took from a beauty queen.»
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| And he looked over to her deep green eyes
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| Knew that she was just as cold as him
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| So he went to the trunk, grabbed the pistol from inside
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| And told Janey of his plan
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| And they went to the store she put the gas in the car
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| He came out running with a case of beer
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| And he jumped in the back with the money in the sack
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| And Janey she took the wheel
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| And they ran off in a blaze in a sweet summer haze
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| To the bullets of the cashier
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| «You keep your head down sailor
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| Cause I might need ya' later, just holler if you can hear
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| Cause I’m gonna need a man
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| Not a farmer girl tan and a cadillac souvenir.»
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| And they camped out by the railroad bridge
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| And they made love all night
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| Watched the sun come up over Mercury Ridge
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| From a hilltop outta sight
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| They hit five more banks and their small-town safes
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| And they knew that they could get out fast
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| Had the time of their life but they had to have a talk
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| Cause they knew that it couldn’t last
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| They made friends with the man at the Mexico border
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| And they left him with a bag of cash
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| She said, «I tell you what, sailor
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| I don’t care about that paper
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| But I’m happy that we passed
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| Cause I’m feeling pretty tired
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| And I’m carrying a child and we both need a rest.»
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| And they settled down to a house near the water
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| Where they would live to be old and gray
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| And many years later the kids are all older
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| And they tell 'em 'bout the good ole' days |