Making bets with the railroad conductor on what time we'll be home He thinks he's got it all figured out, but little does he know I hear there's a bandit in this town who steals for the poor But just as I was thinking this someone burst through the rail car door Suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun She took me hostage and held me with her gun I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do Well I never would have guessed that the bandit would be a she But I was certain that with my bad luck she was gonna pick me I fell to my knees and I begged because my life was in her hands But boy was I surprised when she listed her demands Suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun She took me hostage and held me with her gun I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do The bandit told me all of her problems with finding the right man You see half of them would runaway but the rest wouldn't understand I told her I loved her so and looked her in the eye She said you'd better keep on loving me until the day you die Then suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun She took me hostage and held me with her gun I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do