Merle And Me Lyrics - David Allan Coe

Back in 1953, we stole a car old Merle and me 

Never thinking wed be put in jail 

You might say that we were green, I was barely seventeen 

When they put those bars between old Merle and me 

Late one night we hit the wall, twenty feet we had to fall 

To the ground where we could craw into the weeds 

Waiting for that shotgun blast, never thinking we could last 

We sure had to grow up fast, old Merle and me 

We were young and crazy then, it was easy to pretend 

Acting like wed never been in reform school 

Looking danger in the eye, walking with our heads held high 

We were not afraid to die, old Merle and me 

We were living by the gun, never caring what wed done 

Swearing it was all just fun and games you know 

We would die and go to hell before we broke our vow to tell 

How we escaped that prison cell, old Merle and me