Writer(s): Elvin Smith, James Napier, Sam Smith
Oh oh oh oh
no no ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh oh oh oh no no
Well this is how it starts
Two lovers in the dark on the run
from the one that they call
Sheriff Spark
Six guns by their side and bullets 'round their waist
Two shots to the sky sing the sound for the chase
The safe was nearly empty
and they were nearly free
but were seen by the good eye of the mean
Billie Green And he screamed at the top of his lungs
They're on the run
It's the two outsiders grab your horses
and your guns I said
I wish that we could stay here
but I fear our time has come
Oh we could ride out in the darkness chasing the rising sun
We gotta pack our bags this instant
We're heading southbound to the next town
And if we all arive so safely
baby you can lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Well it's the story of the two always on the move
They got nothing left to lose 'cept their guns
and their wounds
Now they're crossing borders
Sheriff's posse on their tail
They'd rather die together than be stuck up in a cell
They drank up all the whiskey
and they partied every night like it could be the last
the bounty said he'd shoot on sight
So they chased the endless summer
though it came with the pride
They wouldn't stop running til they found a paradise
But the Sheriff finally found 'em with his eyes
seeing red so the lovers had to shoot him
and fill him full of lead
They were finally free to find a place
to lay their head and
when they finally did he looked at her and then
he said I said I wish that we could stay here
but I fear our time has come
Oh we could ride out in the darkness
chasing the rising sun
We gotta pack our bags this instant
We're heading southbound to the next town
And if we all arive so safely
baby you can lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Well you're my green eyed girl and
I've been running 'round with you
It's the afternoon and we've got nothing left to do
so wipe the dirt off a-take your shirt off
We should go hit the cantina
we got work off I said it's hot outside
let me go swimming in your eyes
We've been running for a while
why don't you lay down make a smile
I could never ask for nothing better than this
It's just tequila and the beach
that's why it's salty when we kiss
I said I wish that
we could stay here
but I fear our time has come
Oh we could ride out in the darkness
chasing the rising sun
We gotta pack our bags this instant
We're heading southbound to the next town
And if we all arive so safely
baby you can lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
