Secret To A Long Life Lyrics - Michelle Shocked

Billy Barlow was a poor boy 

That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank 

He was a sweet talking ladies man 

That's what he'd have ladies all to think 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

So when the posse came riding 

Billy went hiding down south 

Holed up in a shack with Maria 

With the black hair and the ruby red mouth 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

So when the news reached her lover 

Billy ran for cover, don't you know 

And when the bullets started ringing 

Billy started singing 'Time to go' 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, time to go now 

Billy headed north 

Where the sands of the Badlands blow 

But in his dreams he's south 

He's still kissing that ruby red mouth 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

Oh, oh, oh 

The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go