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Back in 1953, we stole a car old Merle and meNever thinking wed be put in jailYou might say that we were green, I was barely seventeenWhen they put those bars between old Merle and meLate one night we hit the wall, twenty feet we had to fallTo the ground where we could craw into the weedsWaiting for that shotgun blast, never thinking we could lastWe sure had to grow up fast, old Merle and meWe were young and crazy then, it was easy to pretendActing like wed never been in reform schoolLooking danger in the eye, walking with our heads held highWe were not afraid to die, old Merle and meWe were living by the gun, never caring what wed doneSwearing it was all just fun and games you knowWe would die and go to hell before we broke our vow to tellHow we escaped that prison cell, old Merle and meHow was Merle or me to know, we would end up on death rowWaiting for our turn in the electric chairShot down in a grocery store, we got busted at the doorPraying wasn't easy for old Merle and me Aus Songtexte Mania