Steve Earle - Billy Bonnie LYRICS

Billy was 17 and mean as hell

Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell

Billy met bonnie on a saturday night

At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight

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

Its all over when your time runs out



Bonnie said, "billy, dont you think its 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

Billy woke bonnie up about first light

Said, "you drive honey, Ive been up all night"

Now billy wasnt sweatin no apb

cause they didnt leave a single soul alive to see



The boy was just 16, made his mama proud

That dont mean nothin when your time runs out



Bonnie kept pushin that cadillac

Billy passed 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

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 ran out



The sheriff told billy, "boy, youre bound to die

cause this young ladys gonna testify

That you done took her off against her will

And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed"

The judge said, "billy, what you got to say

Before I have the sheriff carry you away"

Billy looked bonnie right in the eye

But he didnt even have to ask her why

But he turned around as they led him out



He said, "ill see you down in hell when your time runs out"