THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
(Mitch Murray)
Georgie Fame - 1968


Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people 
But I can tell you people They were the devil's children, 
Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin' 
One lazy afternoon down Savannah way, 
They robbed a store, and high-tailed outa 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 'em alone 
They left him Iyin' 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 ev'ry American lawman's gun. 
They used to laugh about dyin', 
But deep inside 'em they knew 
That pretty soon they'd be lyin' 
Beneath the ground together 
Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun 
And the morning dew. 

Acting upon reliable information 
A fed'ral 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