lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
The story of Bonnie and Clyde is the story the old folks knew
The story of Bonnie and Clyde if you listen I'll tell it to you

Clyde Barrow wouldn't work so he chopped off his toe
In a Huntsville prison where he got his parole
Then he traveled to Dallas where he found him a friend
It was Miss Bonnie Parker and that's where it all began

They found them a driver for their get away Ford
They was soon well known through a dozen states or more
Then Clyde's brother Buck and his pretty wife Blanche
Joined them and that made up the famous Barrow Gang

Bonnie Parker was a poet and Blanche Barrow was a cook
Clyde was a fast draw and Buck a smarter crook
Their driver was a wonderful mechanic so they say
And soon they were all famous in their own peculiar way

The stories were so many that you couldn't read them all
The legend grew and grew about the Barrows and the law
The Barrow gang swept through the land and many were their friends
But pretty soon they realized the law was closin' in

Out near Dexter Iowa they had a change of luck
In a gunfight with police Clyde lost his brother Buck
But Clyde and Bonnie got away the second time that year
Bonnie wrote her poems and she knew the end was near

At 9:15 on May the 23rd and '34
Near Shrevesport Louisiana death was knockin' at the door
Clyde Barrow and Miss Bonnie Parker came to meet a friend
And realized too late that they had come to meet their end

The story of Bonnie and Clyde they died as they lived by the gun
The story of Bonnie and Clyde their names are remembered as one
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2.

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN

(Earl Scruggs) « © '49 Peer International, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

3.

ANOTHER RIDE WITH CLYDE

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Clyde Barrow told Bonnie Parker hon
We're broke now so you better get your gun
Tell a driver bout this mormon in high
You're gonna take another ride with Clyde

Oh the bullets flew and the Barrow gang knew
They were running for their life
When they pulled out of town they didn't even touch the ground
Taking another ride with Clyde
[ dobro ] Give me water Bonnie honey give me gas
When we leave here we had better leave it fast
If the law comes gonna leave 'em high and dry
Gonna take another ride with Clyde

Oh the bullets flew and the Barrow gang knew...
[ banjo ] Bonnie said Clyde we had better lay low
We are trapped here and there's no place to go
Clyde said girl this is no place to die
You're gonna take another ride with Clyde

Oh the bullets flew and the Barrow gang knew...
I said taking another ride with Clyde
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4.

REUNION

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs - Randy Scruggs) « © '68 Scruggs Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

5.

PICTURE OF BONNIE

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Bonnie look at the birdie I'll take a picture of you
Bonnie hold up the gun in your hand so deadly shiny and blue
Humm humm humm humm a picture of Bonnie

Bonnie smile at the camera for hist'ry we are a part of
Bonnie smile so the whole world will know how pretty the one that I love
Humm humm humm humm a picture of Bonnie
Humm humm humm humm

Bonnie stand in the sunlight you've been in the shadows too long
I'll take a picture of you in the sun Bonnie that's where you belong
Humm humm humm humm a picture of Bonnie

Somewhere in the pages of hist'ry there's a picture of love and of pride
A picture of Miss Bonnie Parker lovingly taken by Clyde
Humm humm humm humm a picture of Bonnie
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6.

GETAWAY

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs - Randy Scruggs) « © '68 Scruggs Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

7.

BARROW GANG WILL GET YOU LITTLE MAN

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I remember the times when the devil himself
Took a backseat in life for fear
Bonnie and Clyde were the talk of the land
Everybody talked about the Barrow band

Oh the Barrow gang will get you little man
I remember my mama would say
Do your lessons and wash your hands
Or the Barrow gang will get you little man
[ dobro ] When I went to school there was one sure way
To silence the noise of the kids
The teacher would say work your fingers to the bone
Or the Barrow gang will get you if you don't

Oh the Barrow gang will get you little man...
[ banjo ] On Sunday morning in the little white church
There was talk of Bonnie and Clyde
We learned about Jonah and we learned about the whale
And the Barrow gang will get you if you fail

Oh the Barrow gang will get you little man...

Or the Barrow gang will get you little man
Or the Barrow gang will get you little man
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8.

CHASE

(Randy Scruggs) « © '68 Contemporain Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

9.

SEE BONNIE DIE SEE CLYDE DIE (SEE BONNIE AND CLYDE DIE)

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
See Bonnie die see Clyde die see Bonnie and Clyde die

Gather round me little children and a story I will tell
Of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and the day that the outlaws fell
See the traitor and the local police talkin' to that ranger man
See them whisper in the restaurant as they make their deadly plan
See Bonnie die see Clyde die see Bonnie and Clyde die

They came into Shrevesport just to shop around and see
If the Barrow Gang could go there unnoticed by enemy
The man who betrayed them told his frightened wayward son
When they leave town don't go with them they'll be driving to Kingdom Come
See Bonnie die see Clyde die see Bonnie and Clyde die

See Clyde look for his partner and drive off with a frown
See the traitor on the highway pretending his truck broke down
See Bonnie and Clyde stop then suddenly turn pale
As the bullets fly and they realize they have come to the end of the trail
See Bonnie die see Clyde die see Bonnie and Clyde die
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10.

HIGHWAY END

(Randy Scruggs) « © '68 Contemporain Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

11.

BANG YOU'RE ALIVE

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Tell me where society got these two kinds of kids
Why did Bonnie why did Clyde do all the things they did
Why were they born to be this way why were they born to hide
One day we are nothing and then bang we're alive
[ banjo ] Was it something that they learned from someone that they knew
Or did the fate that guides us all guide Clyde and Bonnie too
Do you expect that they were just examples to the wise
One day we are nothing and then bang we're alive
[ banjo ] The masses have a conscience and we know it is in vain
Could it be that we could blame the system or machine
Who's to judge the others till the final chapter's read
One day we are something and then bang we're dead
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