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