I´ll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly he rode along the outlaw trail.
Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man but the woman was as hard as hell.
Watch out Machine Gun, don´t let her run you round.
Don´t let the woman put you six feet in the ground, Machine Gun.

I´ll tell you about Katherine Kelly, tired of being such small time, now.
Figured they´d kidnap a rich man´s son, make it in the world of crime.
Watch out Machine Gun, don´t let her run you round.
Don´t let the woman put you six feet in the ground, Machine Gun.

You´d better watch out Machine Gun Kelly, careful of what you do, now.
If you keep listening to your old lady, ain´t no telling what´ll happen to you, now,
Machine Gun.

The government boys they came for Machine Gun, took the poor boy away.
Stuck him in a hole in Leavenworth prison where he lived until his dying day.

Watch out Machine Gun, don´t let her put you down.
Don´t let a woman make you out to be a clown, Machine Gun.
Watch out Machine Gun.