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The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde Lyrics By Georgie Fame

    bonnie and clyde were pretty looking people
    but i can tell you people
    they were the devil’s children
    bonnie and clyde began their evil doing
    one lazy afternoon
    down savannah way

    they robbed a store
    and hightailed out of that town
    got clean away in a stolen car
    and waited till the heat died down

    bonnie and clyde advanced their reputation
    and made the graduation
    into the banking business
    reach for the sky
    sweet talking clyde would holler
    as bonnie loaded dollars
    in the dewlap bag

    now one brave man
    he tried to take them alone
    they left him lying in a pool of blood
    and laughed about it all the way home

    bonnie and clyde got to be public enemy number one
    running and hiding from every american lawman’s gun

    they used to laugh about dying
    but deep inside them they knew
    that pretty soon they’d be lying
    beneath the ground together
    pushing up daisies to welcome the sun and the morning dew

    acting upon reliable information
    a federal deputation laid a deadly ambush
    when bonnie and clyde came walking in the sunshine
    a half a dozen carbines opened up on them

    bonnie and clyde
    they lived a lot together
    and finally together
    they died

    Artist: Georgie Fame

    Year: 1968

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 122