Long Gone Desperado

My name is John, I'm a long gone desperado
But I was a vicious, notorious, thief
Wanted for robbery, murder, the assault of an officer
But I don't regret a damn thing

When I was 16, I stole from my papa
He sent me to the navy
Well that didn’t last long, I got into trouble
So I fled for my home, safely

I robbed my first store in 1924
I got caught but they couldn’t hold me
I made my escape, my gang helped out
Then we planned our next deadly robbery

Next time I got jailed was for 9 whole years
The Indiana reformatory
But I met my friend there, my very best friend there
I called him Baby Face Jimmy

Jimmy and I we waited our time
We waited oh so patiently
We plotted our return, our return to the real world
Where we'd continue our petty thievery

We avoided police for almost a year
I really thought we could be free
But the FBI found us, we were at
our old hide out
And they put 3 bullets in me