My daddy was an outlaw

Mom died giving birth to me

They both left me all alone when I was on bended knee

If you don't like my story I suggest you turn the page

I don't need no preachin' I ain't got no soul to save



My name is Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh

And this here's Tennessee Jack

Don't you give us any lip now boy

Or today will be your last

When the bank was dry we said goodbye and walked out to the street

When a cloud of bullets came tumbling down

And took Tennessee to his knees



I just stood there and watched him bleeding

Like a fool out in the rain

Didn't have time to think as I jumped through the banks front window pane

Grabbed the teller in the blink of an eye and put a Colt up to his head

Said careful son don't you try to run or tomorrow you'll wake up dead



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I've got to fly just like an eagle

Free like a bird on the wind

Hell fire and brimstone are comin' down on me

Mister I was born of sin



Sat down in the corner and I rolled a little home grown

Said if I'm gonna die today I sure as hell ain't goin' alone

So I ran out the bank shootin' I was two for two at first

Then I felt a painful saound as a bullet tore my shirt



Chorus

I've got to fly just like an eagle

Free like a bird on the wind

Hell fire and brimstone are comin' down on me

Mister I was born of sin



I crawled back to the alleyway where I knew my horse was tied

And thats where all the legends say Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh died

But I was in a place so far from there in a time so long ago

In the arms of a pretty little senorita on the Gulf of Mexico



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I've got to fly just like an eagle

Free like a bird on th