A handsome stranger   Gave me a ride   He had a suitcase full of lies   That he sold me      I sensed no danger   When I was there right by his side   He said I compelled him to confide   So he told me      Take this car   And drive downstate   Then take off the licence plates   And wait for me      I could have argued   But he said for my trouble I could keep   Half the money in the bag on the back seat   At least, that's what he told me      And he said he thought I looked trustworthy   And I must admit that the thrill of it all got the better of me   So I drove down the highway with great speed   Until they resounded behind me      Sirens! The police      They pull me over to the side of the road   And tell me that the car was stolen, that's why I was followed   I try to tell them I was only doing what I was told   But no, they won't listen to me      They cuff my hands and say   'Now girl, the money, where did you hide it?'   Then I know without even checking the bag   That there's no money inside it   But when they read my rights   I know that it's no use   Saying, 'I'm not lying'   No, please let me go   Please listen to me   I am not guilty   A handsome stranger tricked me   Why did he have to hand-pick me?      He told me to take this car   And drive downstate   Then to take off the licence plates   And wait there for him      But of course they don't believe me   So from there they drive me back to the station   And after I've been booked they began a three-day interrogation   I barely ate, I only slept an hour   But somehow I stayed patient and calm   They did me no harm      But the bag was the key to this mystery   He bought it the very same day that he   Robbed that bank upstate and then picked me   To be his fall guy patsy      Five years later   When I'd almost forgotten that nightmarish day   I was struck by the handsome features of a stranger across the way   As he got out of a car, with a girl behind the wheel, and I heard him say      Take this car   And drive downstate   Then take off the licence plates   And wait for me