We was broke and hungry on a summer day They sent the sheriff down to try and drive us away We was sittin' ducks for the police man They found a dirty faced kid in a garbage can And I'm alone I'm on the highway wanted dead or alive dead or alive Broken down and dirty dressed in rags a from the day my mama told me Boy, you pack your bags Send the mayor down in his pickup truck The jury look at me, say Outta luck And I'm alone I'm on the highway wanted dead or alive dead or alive Now, I'm broken down and dirty dressed in rags a from the day my mama told me Boy, you pack your bags We was sittin' ducks for the police man They found a dirty faced kid in a garbage can And I'm alone I'm on the highway wanted dead or alive dead or alive