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, Billy      They call him public enemy number one   But they don'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 him public enemy number one   But they don't know what's going on   They call him 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   I'm runnning full of lead and his girl begins to scream, oh, no, no, no      They call him public enemy number one   But they don't know what's going on   They call him public enemy number one   But they don't know what's going on      They call him public enemy number one   They gotta shoot to kill 'cause he's on the run   They call him public enemy number one      They call him Billy   They call him Billy   They call him Billy   They call him Billy