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INTRO
My daddy was an outlaw,
Mom died givin' birth to me.
Well my name is Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh
And this here is Tennessee Jack.
Don't you give us any lip now boy or today'll be your last.
When the bank was dry, we said goodbye
And walked out to the street
Where a cloud of bullets come a thunderin' down
and took Tennessee to his knees.
Well I stood there and watched him bleedin'
Like a fool out in the rain.
Didn't have time to think when I jumped
Through the banks front window pane.
Well I grabbed the teller in the blink of an eye,
Said, "Careful son, don't you try to run
Or tomorrow you'll wake up dead."
Yeah, and me, I've got to fly just like an eagle.
Free like a bird upon the wind.
Hellfire and brimstone, well they're comin' down on me.
Mister, I was born of sin.
Well I sat down in the corner
And I rolled a little homegrown.
Said, "If I'm gonna die today I sure as hell ain't goin' alone."
Well I ran out the bank a'shootin'.
I was two for two at first,
Til I felt the painful sound as a bullet tore my shirt.
Yeah, and me, I've got to fly just like an eagle.
Free like a bird upon the wind.
Hellfire and brimstone, well they're comin' down on me.
Mister, I was born of sin.
Well I crawled back to the alley way
Where I knew my horse was tied,
And that's where all the legends say
That Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh died,
But I was in a place so far from there
In a time so long ago,
In the arms of a pretty little senorita
On the Gulf of Mexico.
Yeah, and me, I've got to fly just like an eagle.
Free like a bird upon the wind.
Hellfire and brimstone, well they're comin' down on me.
Mister, I was born of sin.
I was born of sin.