Songwriter: Steve Miller
Producer: Steve Miller
[Intro]
Hoo hoo
[Verse 1]
This here's a story 'bout Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
Two young lovers with nothing better to do
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose
They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie Sue took the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Chorus]
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Verse 2]
Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his living off of the people's taxes
Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey, you know they got away
They headed down south, and they're still running today
Singing
[Chorus]
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah
Go on, take the money and run (Yeah, yeah)
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Go on, take the money and run (Yeah, yeah)
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Hoo hoo
[Verse 1]
This here's a story 'bout Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
Two young lovers with nothing better to do
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose
They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie Sue took the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Chorus]
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Verse 2]
Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his living off of the people's taxes
Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey, you know they got away
They headed down south, and they're still running today
Singing
[Chorus]
Go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo hoo hoo
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah
Go on, take the money and run (Yeah, yeah)
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Go on, take the money and run (Yeah, yeah)
Hoo hoo hoo
Go on, take the money and run, oh Lord
Welcome to the Vault
- Lollie Lou (Live)
- Tain’t It the Truth
- Rock’n Me (Alternate Version 2)
- Echoplex Blues (Instrumental)
- Evil (Live at the Aquarius Theater, Boston, 1973)
- Space Cowboy (Live / Alternate Version)
- Space Cowboy (Instrumental)
- The Gangster is Back (Live in Hollywood, Florida, 1971)
- Never Kill Another Man (Live Alternate Version)
- Say Wow!
- Freight Train Blues
- True Fine Love (Alternate Version)
- The Stake (Alternate Version)
- Bizzy’s Blue Tango (Instrumental)
- Jet Airliner (Alternate Version)
- Mercury Blues (Alternate Version)
- Fly Like an Eagle (Alternate Version)
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Alternate Version]
- Love is Strange
- Double Trouble
- That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
- My Babe (Alternate Version)
- Seasons (Alternate Version)
- Hesitation Blues
- Jackson-Kent Blues (Alternate Version)
- Who Do You Love?
- Winter Time
- The Window
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- Space Intro
- The Lovin’ Cup
- Abracadabra
- The Joker
- Take the Money and Run
- Living in the U.S.A.
- It Hurts Me Too (Live)
- Crossroads (Live)
- Quicksilver Girl (Alternate Version)
- Going to Mexico (Alternate Version)
- Kow Kow Calculator (Alternate Version)
- Industrial Military Complex Hex (Alternate Version)
- Super Shuffle (Live)
- Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around (Alternate Version)
- Blues with a Feeling (Live)
- Killing Floor
- Rock’n Me (Alternate Version 1)
- Fly Like an Eagle
- Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
- Greatest Hits 1974-78 (1978)
- Greatest Hits 1976–86: A Decade of American Music (1987)
- The Very Best of Steve Miller Band (1991)
- Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits (2003)
- Live from Chicago (2007)
- Welcome to the Vault (2019)
- The Joker
- Abracadabra
- Fly Like an Eagle
- Rock’n Me
- Take the Money and Run
- Space Cowboy
- Jet Airliner
- Jungle Love
- Living in the U.S.A.
- Serenade
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- Winter Time
- I Wanna Be Loved
- You’ve Got the Power
- Big Boss Man
- You’re So Fine
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
- Blues Without Blame
- When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
- One in a Million
- Little Girl
- Celebration Song
- Enter Maurice
- Fandango