Bandits

from 31 Flavours Volume 3 - Strawberry by Chris Combs

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I wrote and recorded the music one day and set it aside, knowing I'd have lyrics for it at some point in the future. Little did I know I would bolt upright in bed at 1:30am that night giggling over the phrase "make out like bandits." I wrote and recorded lyrics before going back to sleep at 3am. This song is awesome.

Written 21, 22 August 2005.

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They call it 7-11 but it's open all night
the cash never seems to be locked up tight
so if I'm broke around 4am
I use it as a handy ATM

Ski mask, loot bag, sawed-off shotgun
'don't be a hero and I'll hurt no one'
it was an ordinary robbery but then
the woman of my dreams walked in

she came in to rob the place as well
one look at her and I immediately fell
fast in love with my hands on my head
I knew I had to make move sudden

I mosied up to her smiled and asked
'rob this place often?' she stifled a laugh
'if I had a nickel for every time
I've heard that I wouldn't commit any crimes'

Would you like to be
on the lam with me?
we can go to my place and then
we can make out like bandits

I only have my bandit girl to thank
without her I never would have move up to banks
it wasn't long before our nuptials
and our honeymoon at First National

the engagement ring cost me
two weeks of someone else's salary
'if no one here objects
you may now make out like bandits'

she could spot the police undercover
I knew from then on I would always love her
the thought of us being separated
was far worse than being incarcerated

one night a cop answered all of my fears
I got sent up for nearly two years
I told the judge she went unwillingly
a small price to pay so my love can be free

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from 31 Flavours Volume 3 - Strawberry, released May 31, 2010

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