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THE BALLAD OF JOHN DILLINGER
Johnny Dillinger, Dillinger Now where are you Can it be absolutly true Shot and killed by the F.B.I. Johnny some say your alive And it's strangers strangers wish me well Say a prayer for me way down in hell I wasn't such a bad fella some people said Betrayed by a woman all dressed in red Robbin' banks for a million in less than a year Building yourself quite a career And my god how your name it got around But none of that money was ever found And it's strangers strangers wish me well Say a prayer for me way down in hell I wasn't such a bad fella some people said Betrayed by a woman all dressed in red Now your finger prints your Finger Prints you had'm erased And no one knows what you did to your face And down at the Biograph on that fatal day Hoover shot Lawrence while you got away And it's strangers strangers wish me well Say a prayer for me way down in hell I wasn't such a bad fella some people said Betrayed by a woman all dressed in Red Words and music by: Frenchy Burrito Copyright & published 1972 & 1987 & 2010 Bitter Lettuce Music & Red Banana Music BMI |
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