Billy & Bonnie Lyrics - I Feel Alright - Steve Earle

Billy was seventeen and mean as hell 

Bonnie said she was thirty, it was hard to tell 

Now Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night 

At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight 

Now Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows 

Taught Billy every single thing he knows 

But she never told Billy what she left out 

The part about the trouble when your times runs out 

When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south 

It's all over when your time runs out 

Well Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time 

We moved on a little further down the line" 

So they knocked off a Texaco south of town 

Blew down the highway with the ragtop down 

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Now Billy woke Bonnie up about daylight 

Said, "You drive honey, I've been up all night" 

Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB 

'Cause he didn't leave a single soul alive to see 

He was just sixteen, made his mama proud 

That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out 

Now Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac 

Billy passed out with the seat reared back 

Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark 

Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park 

Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops 

He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped 

Now Bonnie knew what she had to do 

She called the sheriff and she cried on cue 

And the state police rousted Billy out 

He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time run out 

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Well the sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die 

'Cause this young lady's gonna testify 

That you done took her off against her will 

And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed" 

Now the judge said, "Billy, what you got to say 

Before I have the sheriff carry you away" 

Now Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye 

But he didn't even have to ask her why 

But he turned around when they led him out 

He said I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out