Me and Lonnie thumbed down a Cadillac
Outside Laredo in the heat of the sun
The driver was tanned and he looked like a salesman
We were just children on the run

He talked real funny like we'd never heard
Must have been foreign I guess
And I felt like an actress in an old movie
As Lonnie and I drove west

We were saying goodbye to the ones left behind
Hello to the ones up ahead
Lonnie and me were just drumming our knees
While the radio D.J. said

Keep your eyes open for Lonnie and Josie
Sixteen and fourteen, playing hooky from school
Last seen they were walking the road by the courtroom
Downtown Laredo at a quarter past two

Our friend in the front seat turned around and smiled
Grinning and shaking his head
Asked us politely where we were going
Where the sand turns to sea on the coast, I said

We were crossing the border just out of Texas
Passed the last dusty abandoned old farm
With the AM playing the songs of Sinatra
And Lonnie sleeping in my arms