It was the midnight hour when the boy broke out of Frisco

Running scared, he's moving from the heat

The electric chair was the sentence there

But they didn't take the time or care to see

That it wasn't Billy (It wasn't Billy, it wasn't Billy, it wasn't Billy)

And they call him public enemy number one

But they won't know what's going on

They call him public enemy number one

But they don't know what's going on

Well, I'm cruising in a car heading down the main street

To see my girl, she's waiting there for me

The cops are tailing with their sirens wailing

But the one thing they can see

Is there ain't just Billy, oh no

I'm gonna race this car, get away from here

Start a new life, there'll be no more fear for me, no, no, no

They call me public enemy number one

But they won't know what's going on

They call me public enemy number one

But they don't know what's going on with me

I'll tell you girl, if we make it to the borderline

We will be free, just you and me

I swear I will make you mine

Till the end of our time

Now Billy's got a gun and he's heading for the border

Moving fast, they're almost in the clear

Police are waiting with an ambush saying, "There ain't nothing passing here

Not even Billy," Oh, no, no

They're gunning Billy down in the middle of the street

A body full of lead and his girl begins to scream, no, no, no

They called him public enemy number one

But they don't know what's going on

They called him public enemy number one

But they don't know what's going on

They called him public enemy number one

They got to shoot to kill 'cause he's on the run

They called him public enemy number one

They called him Billy, yeah, yeah, yeah

They called him Billy, yeah, yeah, yeah

They called him Billy, yeah, yeah, yeah

They called him Billy, yeah, yeah, yeah