Lyrics

On the Trail of the Jessup Boys
Robert Farrell ©2003

I went down to California
I was looking for a little distraction
Had a fine time but I left it behind
As I was caught up in some action

Come to me to trail three boys
That been running up and down the coast
On a hard drive
I?ll never take them alive
They?re the kind I love most.

Caught their trail near Mexico
It wasn?t hard to know
Easy to find
Leaving dead men behind
And broken hearts everywhere they go.

I thought they?d make easy work
But I couldn?t have been more wrong
Was an evil streak through them
Never seen one run so strong.

Track them to some lonesome shack
The dusk sky had turned blood red
Until that night
Never crossed my mind
I could ever be left for dead.

They come out firin?
It was like the sun lit up at night
When it was done
The boys moved on
I was the only one left alive.

Now I spend my time
Up and down the line
With a past that can?t let go
Lawmen never lose the scent
It?s the only life I?ve ever known

Until that time I?d never lost a dime
So it come as a real hard blow
Just wait some day
You?ll see me coming
With the three of them in tow.