Jeremy Messersmith - Dillinger Eyes lyrics

I found honest work and lord knows I tried I found honest work and lord knows I tried Robbed a bank and ran from the fuzz They asked the teller just who I was She said "I don't know, but he had John Dillinger's eyes!" For five long years I was wanted by the FBI For five long years I was wanted by the FBI I was shooting pool at the hall Saw my poster up on the wall "Ain't that you? You got John Dillinger's eyes!" I caught one in my chest and two in my thigh I caught one in my chest and two in my thigh I saw a man rush to my side Took a photograph as I died And all because I was born with John Dillinger's eyes! That newspaper man won the Pulitzer Prize That newspaper man won the Pulitzer Prize He keeps it by his bed on a shelf But one thing that he'll never tell Every day he thanks god for those John Dillinger's eyes!