Capo 2 
 
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Stanley was a drifter back in '53 
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Never had a bed where he could sleep 
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He ate his meals from the garbage can 
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Just walked around without a real plan 
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Found his way to the Texas line, 
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Stumbled into our town a quarter past nine 
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Had a few drinks at a roadside bar 
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And that's where our story really starts  
 
It was there in the barlight, in a corner booth 

Where Stan first met the man who called himself Ruth 

Ruth planned to rob the bank and all Stan had to do 

Was drive the getaway car, what did he have to lose 

Well it sounded good to Stan, cause he'd never had 

No kind of money or a side that was bad 

They'd take the money skip town and run 

And live like two kings in the mexican sun 

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Tumbleweed blowing in the wind 
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Carried him somewhere he never should have been 
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Was it fate or just circumstance  
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Makes you wonder if he ever had a chance
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Well across from the First State Band the next day at four 

From the drivers seat Stan watched him walk through the door 

Whipped out his pistols and waived them all around 

He ordered all the scared people down onto the ground 

He took the money bags and maybe just for fun 

He shot two men dead and one of their sons 

Back outside he ordered Stan to drive 

The hit the county line 5 minutes till 5 
 
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Feds caught up with them outside of Larado 
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In an ambush of bullets and a cloud of gun smoke 
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They killed an innocent man on that day 
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But now that poor drifter has a bed where he can lay