They were Doolin, Doolin-Dalton.
High or low, it was the same...
Easy money and faithless women...
"Red Eye" whiskey for the pain...
Go down Bill Dalton, it must be God's will.
Two brothers lying dead in Coffeeville...
Two voices call to you from where they stood.
"Lay down your law books now, they're no damn good"
Better keep on moving, Doolin-Dalton.
Till your shadow sets you free...
And if you're fast, and if you're lucky,
You will never see that hanging tree.
Well the towns lay out across the dusty plain.
Like graveyards filled with tombstones waitin' for the names...
And a man could use his back or use his brains.
But some just went stir-crazy Lord. Cause nothing ever changed.
Till Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton,
He was working cheap, just buying time.
And then he laughed and said I'm going.
And so he left that peaceful life behind