Badlands

Texas lied
Guns are fine
Baton in hand
Dakota fire

Young, complacent
Male attention
Denim cover
Mind detention

Child correction
The great escape
Land of rhythm
You’ll never miss him

Born smoking
Garbage talk
Break his name
Crooked walk

Absent shadows
Lonesome jacket
Montana roads
Dance to Nat King Cole

Cross the tracks
Onto the mountain pass
Off the beaten path
The cops’ll get your ass

She thought him James Dean
He always fled the scene
She plays with bloody denim
He plays in bloody jeans