Lay Me Down

[Verse 1] Well this is how it starts Two lovers in the dark On the run from the one That they called Sheriff Spark Six guns by their side And bullets around their waist Two shots to the sky Signal sound for the chase The safe was nearly empty And they were nearly free But were seen by the good eye Of the mean Billy 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 [Chorus - Rome] I said I wish that we could stay here But I fear our time has come We could ride out in the darkness Chasing the rising sun We gotta pack our bags this instant We're heading south-bound to the next town And if we all arrive there so safely Baby you can lay me down Lay me down [Verse 2] 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 shoot on sight So they chased the endless summer Knew it came with the pride They wouldn't stop running 'Til they found a paradise But the sheriff finally found them With his eyes seeing red So the lovers had to shoot him down 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 [Chorus 2] I said I think that we can stay here Cause I feel our time has come And we can walk down to the ocean And sit with the rising sun So unpack your bags this instant No more running from town to town And now that we've arrived so safely Baby you can lay me down Lay me down [Verse 3] Well you're my green-eyed girl And I've been running around with you It's the afternoon and we got nothing left to do So wipe the dirt off Or take your shirt off And 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 and make 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 [Chorus 2]