[Intro - Story Begins] “Outlaws on the run,” ---- the print declared, But truth was something no one dared. [Verse 1 - They Meet] He was born with a snarl and a switchblade grin, Slipped through the cracks with the devil’s kin. She wrote her lines on diner tabs, With scarlet lips and a taste for jabs. When they met, it was thunder and lightning, A spark struck fast, and the fuse kept tightening. [Verse 2 - Ride or Die] They played the part of sinner and slayers, Dodged every trap, outpaced the betrayers. Sirens cried from the trees and fields, Swapped frost-bit nights for fire and wheels. Posters nailed where the dust blew high, But love like that was born to die. [Pre - The Price] We played for keeps, we never lied, We knew the cost, we never cried. [Chorus - Quote from Bonnie Parker Poem] Some day they'll go down together And they'll bury them side by side. To few it’ll be grief To the law, a relief But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde. [Verse 3 - Cracks in the Storm] The nights grew long, and the trust wore thin, Friends turned cold when the heat closed in. She held his gaze when the lead flew past, Eyes like steel, unbreaking, steadfast. They rode like thunder, fierce and wild, Left the law bloodied, and truth beguiled. [Verse 4 - Ambush] They hit the road at break of day, The ambush waited just miles away. The trap was sprung, the air turned red, A hundred rounds for the lives they led. Smoke still clung where they lied, Two outlaws kissed, then closed their eyes. [Pre - The Price] We played for keeps, we never lied, We knew the cost, we never cried. [Chorus - Quote from Bonnie Parker Poem ] Some day they'll go down together And they'll bury them side by side. To few it’ll be grief To the law, a relief But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde. [Bridge - Already Ghosts] They were ghosts long before they died. [Outro - Ghosts Still Ride] “Justice served,” the headlines lied. They were ghosts before they died. (ghosts before they died...) (...before they died...)
