Steve Earle - Billy & Bonnie lyrics

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 pa**ed 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 k**ed" 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