I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love
   As she lies here beside me asleep with the night
   Her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow
   Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight
  
   But I've got to creep down the alley way
   Fly down the highway
   Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
   Somewhere they can't find me
  
   Oh baby, you don't know what I've done
   I've committed a crime, I've broken the law
   While you were here sleeping and just dreaming of me
   I held up and robbed a liquor store
  
   But I've got to creep down the alley way
   Fly down the highway
   Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
   Somewhere they can't find me
  
   Oh, my life seems unreal, my crime an illusion
   A scene badly written in which I must play
   And though it puts me up tight to leave you
   When morning is just a few hours away
  
   But I've got to creep down the alley way
   Fly down the highway
   Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
   Somewhere they can't find me