West Texas Sky
I don't care what the papers say
They got their story and they got paid
Now the whole country believes the lie
Of J. Edgar Hoover 'n the FBI
I am just a lawman
Sworn to uphold the law
Sometimes I wonder
Who I'm upholding it for
They sent a six-man posse
Lois'ana Hayride
To shoot out the life
Of Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie used to tease me
'Cause I'd go out of my way
To watch her waiting tables
At Marco's cafe
She was a vision
You should' a seen her in motion
Making the old men smile
Laughing with the locals
Ted she said, what's the big attraction
This cow-town has no future
And it ain't got no action
I said the future is long and wide
Big and bold as a West Texas sky
Then an evil wind blew through town
With revenge and spite
To pull everything down
Swept off her feet into a V8 Ford
I turned around, she was gone
They sent a six-man posse
Lois'ana Hayride
To shoot out the life of Bonnie and Clyde
On a swampy stretch of highway one fifty four
I was asking God's mercy
When it all went wrong
Down in the scrub frozen in a dream
Shoot to kill Frank Hamer screamed
Well I pulled the trigger but first I closed my eyes
When it was over I ran to her side
When I sprung the door I must have gone blind
I swear, I must have gone blind
The preacher said God's will be done
Our future is his to decide
I guess he must'a misplaced mine
Somewhere under that West Texas Sky
They sent a six-man posse
On a Louisiana Hayride
To shoot out the life of Bonnie and Clyde
Six-man posse, Louisiana Hayride
Shot the life out of Bonnie and Clyde
I am just a lawman
Sworn to uphold the law
Sometimes I wonder
Who I'm upholding it for