The Famous Lefty Flynns

The walls are mighty high in Fort Worth prison
And the cells are awful small for 2 grown men
The warden slammed that heave door behind me
And said “Allow me to introduce you to the famous Lefty Flynn”

I read about ole Lefty in the papers
How he robbed all the banks out in the West
I figured he’d look bigger than a mountain
With chiseled arms & battle scars tattooed upon his chest

But He was small and he looked just like a movie star
His teeth were pearly white and his hair was black as coal
I’ll never forget the day that I shook his hand and began my education from the famous Lefty Flynn

I bet I must have asked 1 million questions
He took to me, I was his only friend
And he told me all about his hiding places
And all the money that he stole and never got to spend

He said there was an old abandoned farmhouse
And in the bath there was a dried up well
$1 million laid there at the bottom
We made a pact to not look back and break out of our cell

We barely made it out and on the town
The boys were flying and they shot old lefty down
With a heavy heart I headed for that pot of gold
And on across the border to the Gulf of Mexico

Well I am living like a king in old Tampico
I’ll never have to steal or run again
And just like the plan, I built that little tavern
With a neon sign that says
“Welcome to The Famous Lefty Flynn”