Well now,
Johnnie Dillinger was a bad man
much wanted by the FBI,
Targeted by every American lawman's gun
he mocked Hoover's war on crime,
Dillinger financed the big break
out of the Indiana State Pen,
To liberate his pal's Harry Pierpont,
Makley, Clark and Hamilton,
They raided a police arsenal in Peru
they robbed the Greencastle bank too,
Dillinger raced across the Midwest
hotter than a blazing gun,
Robbing banks and bribing Politicians
on the run...Public Enemy Number One,
He was captured down in Tucson
robbery and murder was the charge,
Although he never killed a soul
the electric chair welcomed him, with open arms,
He bluffed his way out of Crown Point
with a hand carved wooden gun,
He left the Lake County Jail in chaos
he left the nation stunned,
There was no end to his humor
behind his half cocked crooked grin,
While Police searched desperately in Chicago
Dillinger was home with family and friends,
Now Melvin Purvis was a G-man
Chicago Agent for the FBI,
Bigtime gangsters, they just couldn't win
he brought in dead or alive,
The Feds claimed they got him down in Chicago
with a tip from a woman in red,
When Dillinger walked out of the Biograph
shots rang out that left him dead.
Johnnie Dillinger's dead!
He lived and died by the gun..
Public Enemy...Public Enemy...
Public Enemy Number One!
