Verse 1
Met her in a roadside bar
Outside of Abilene
Black dress, silver lighter
Eyes sharp as gasoline
Every man in that old tavern
Knew her name and knew her past
But when she looked across that whiskey smoke
Lord, she looked at me like my last
She said
“Cowboys die in two ways
By bullets or by love”
Then she kissed me like the devil
Sent an angel from above
Chorus
So ride with me to hell tonight
Underneath that western sky
If they come to take my soul
You better shoot before I die
Two outlaws and one heartbeat
Running from the dead inside
If heaven ain’t got room for us
Then baby ride or die
Verse 2
Her daddy ran the county line
Owned half the border trade
And I was just a drifter
With blood already on my name
Then one night near El Paso
Her brother drew on me too fast
Six shots rang like thunder
And only one of us came back
Now there’s bounty posters hanging
At every gas station wall
But she still climbs into my Chevy
Like she ain’t scared at all
Chorus
So ride with me to hell tonight
Underneath that western sky
If they come to take my soul
You better shoot before I die
Two outlaws and one heartbeat
Running from the dead inside
If heaven ain’t got room for us
Then baby ride or die
Bridge
Sheriff’s lights behind us
Red and blue across the rain
She put her hand upon my chest
And whispered softly
“Darlin’ if they take you
I’ll burn this whole town down”
Then she grabbed my father’s revolver
And rolled the window down
Final Chorus
Now we ride straight into hell tonight
Smoke and fire in our eyes
One last kiss before the bullets
Turn these sinners into ghosts tonight
They’ll carve our names in desert stone
Beside the county line
And every outlaw lover after us
Will know we chose to die
Together.
Outro
Yeah the preacher called us wicked…
But the devil called us his favorite pair.
Frederick Koen
