BONNIE & CLYDE

Translation by Alan Chamberlain & Mick Harvey


You've heard the story of Jesse James
Of how he lived and how he died
If you're still in need of something to read
Then fine, here's the story of Bonnie & Clyde

Here 'tis, Clyde had a petite amie
She was beautiful and her name was Bonnie
Together they had left the straight and narrow
A gang of two B. Parker and C. Barrow

Bonnie & Clyde

I'd known Clyde since we were young and carefree
He was always loyal, upright and clean
For you must see that it was society
That drove me to a life of crime & misery

Bonnie & Clyde

The newspapers think they have our measure
They say we kill for cold-blooded pleasure 
Well that's not true but sure it's in our nature
To shoot first and ask the questions later

Bonnie & Clyde

If a Dallas cop is killed or maimed
And they have no suspect they can blame 
For the police there's nothing mysterious
They hang it on Clyde Barrow And his mistress

Bonnie & Clyde

There's no point in trying to settle down
To find a little house, a quiet town 
By the third day there's a tak-tak-tak-tak
Of machine guns making a sneak attack on

Bonnie & Clyde

One of these days they will take my life
But I just hope that Bonnie will survive
Well I don't mind at all how they make me pay 
Bonnie here, just hopes her Clyde can get away 

Bonnie & Clyde

Ambushed on a road their end was nigh
The only way out for them was to die
But more than one of them went down below
When they died Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow

Bonnie & Clyde