[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
My car goes, Chicago
Every weekend to pick up some cargo
"I think I know the bloody way by now, Frankie
And turn the god damn radio down, thank you"
Pull over, count the money
But don't count the thirty in the glove box, buddy

[Refrain]
That's for to buy Lucille some clothes

[Chorus]
Bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
Bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
He shot me down (He shot me down)
He shot me down

[Verse 2]
A work zone's double fines, don't pass the double lines
Trail the McDonald's rest stop trailer, double wide
I saw a man hit my mom one time, really
I hurt him so damn bad, I had to hide in Jersey
Called my mama told her, "In the dresser
There's ten or twenty dollars, but there ain't no lesser"
[Refrain]
That's for to take my sister to the picture show

[Chorus]
Bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
Bang, bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
And he shot me down (He shot me down)
He shot me down

[Post-Chorus]
Sha nay na, sha nay na na, nay na na na
Sha nay na, sha nay na (No, no no no)
Sha nay na, sha nay na na, na na na na (Frankie, why'd you do it?)
Sha nay na, sha nay na (Whoo)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Slip make a fender shine, Frankie, a friend of mine
Got me off a bender after long-legged Brenda died
I thought we might be on a roll this time, Frankie
I could have swore the box said "Hollywood blanks", but
You see my mama, please tell her
I left a little rock in a box in the cellar
[Refrain]
That's for to wear 'til kingdom come

[Chorus]
Bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
Bang, bang, bang, bang went Frankie's gun
(He shot me down, Lucille)
He shot me down (He shot me down)
He shot me down, oh

[Post-Chorus]
Sha nay na, sha nay na na, nay na na na (Na na na na)
Sha nay na, sha nay na (No, no no no)
Sha nay na, sha nay na na, na na na na (No, no no no)
Sha nay na, sha nay na (Yodel-ay-hee-hoo)