Pulling Strings

We met in booking at the local clink
Making the best of the situation
I’d had a little bit too much to think
Sparking a three-state investigation

She was in for numerous sins
And countless deviations
She flashed me an unlawful grin
The kind that needs no explanation

Oh, that good old outlaw romance
Sweatin’ heavy and takin’ our chance
Oh, you know, it’s a dangerous dance
By the seat of our pants
Sometimes it comes apart at the seams
Whenever you start pulling strings
It might just keep unraveling

It was love at first mug shot
So I hurried back with her bail
And when they wouldn’t let her out
I took down the walls of that damned jail

We ran off to join the circus
That scene was really fly-by-night
Swinging the high trapeze netless
With backpacks of dynamite

Oh, that good old outlaw romance
Sweatin’ heavy and takin’ our chance
Oh, you know, it’s a dangerous dance
By the seat of our pants
Sometimes it comes apart at the seams
Whenever you start pulling strings
It might just keep unraveling

One day the big top blew sky high
And we were already making tracks
Skating on thin ice of alibis
With the heat always at our backs

Never met a rule that wouldn’t bend
We’re completely self-authorized
I haven’t a clue how all of this ends
But I plan on being surprised

Oh, that good old outlaw romance
Sweatin’ heavy and takin’ our chance
Oh, you know, it’s a dangerous dance
By the seat of our pants
Sometimes it comes apart at the seams
Whenever you start pulling strings
It might just keep unraveling