Do you remember the great train robbery

How it all happened back in sixty three

When Johnny rainbow took his band of brave men

Went down to the crossing to meet that train

When they were sure the time was right

Fourteen men to share seven million

Bound to steal steal it all and run

Johnny wanted to keep it peaceful

But Wilson cried and though it might have died

You know they had to turn and run

The life of a thief

Is all bits and pieces

It's out on the street

And all that it teaches

The look in the wind

And taking a gamble

The wages of sin

Are too hot to handle

Look him in the eye

He takes what he finds

Look him in the eye

Yeah he's marking time

Look him in the eye

His life's on the line

No one knows where the rainbow is hiding

He's been sure not to tip his hand

He is still living on the fruits of that bloody day

They caught some of his friends

They got some of his money

But they never could catch that man

The affairs of that night will live forever

As the law was breeched in the heart of a thief

Many legends still declare that tragic day

How the iron horse fell oh I know so well

I was a party to all that grief