Don't be bitchin' honey. 'Cos you're holding all the money. And now we're outlaws running scared. And I don't think it's funny. Keep your foot on the gas now baby. Don't you let 'em in. 'Cos we just thieves and I don't need. To be back on that chain again.. Don't you be complaining. 'Cos you're gonna do my brain in. We just trying to cop a feel. And I think the cops are gaining. Got that petal to the metal baby. Don't you let 'em win. 'Cos we just thieves and I don't need. To be back on that chain again.. [1st Chorus:]. Don't shoot me down I ain't no violent man. Don't put a .45 in my hand. I ain't gonna do no time. I know I've been a fool. But please don't send me down. I don't want to spend my life locked up. Without no women around.. Now we're back on the street. In love with every whore I meet. 'Cos money walks and money talks. And I can hardly keep my feet. Keep lookin' over your shoulder baby. In case they zero in. 'Cos we just thieves and I don't need. To be back on that chain again.. [2nd Chorus:]. Police don't shoot me down. I don't want to die in the dust. I can't make the scene where I die like a dog with the crowd looking on in disgust. We're just kids with guns. American as apple pie. So don't you put that hurt on me. I ain't gonna do no time. We were just running scared. Everybody but us knew the game. We never had no reason to kill. But those people are dead just the same.