Saturday, January 25, 2025

Billy And Bonnie - Steve Earle

Billy And Bonnie - Steve Earle
3:38
I Feel Alright, 1996
Written by Steve Earle

A modern "Bonnie and Clyde," an outlaw "Jack and Diane" from that most take-no-nonsense outlaw of alt-country pioneers.  "So they knocked off a Texaco south of town / Blew down the highway with the ragtop down."  It's a tale as old as the highway itself, ground Springsteen has traveled as well.  "Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB / 'Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see."  Earle's lyrics have always been storylike and cinematic; this song could be turned into a movie; there's even a twist.

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