Caril Fugate & Charles Starkweather
(CORBIS)
by Bruce Springsteen
I saw her standin'
on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
From the town of
Through to the badlands of
I can't say that
I'm sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
The jury brought in
a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Sheriff when the
man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
They declared me
unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world