Lyrics:

(Words by Van Halen)



We was broke and hungry on a summer day

They sent the sheriff down to try an' drive us away

We were sittin' ducks for the police man

They found a dirty-faced kid in a garbage can, uh ha

Ooh! And I'm alone, I'm on the highway

Wanted, dead or alive

Dead or alive



Broken down and dirty, dressed in rags

A-from the day my mama told me 'Boy, you pack your bags.'

A-send the mayor down in his pickup truck

The jury look at me, say 'Outta luck.' Oo-ooh, yeah!



And I'm alone, I'm on the highway

Wanted, dead or alive

Dead or alive, uh-aah!



(Guitar Solo)



Alright! Uh!



Now, I'm broken down and dirty, dressed in rags

A-from the day my mama told me 'Boy, you pack your bags.'

An' we were sittin' ducks for the police man

They found a dirty-faced kid in a garbage can

Di-yeah, yeah!



Babe, I'm alone and, I'm on the highway

Wanted, dead or alive

Dead or alive, ow-ow!



(Guitar Solo)



Wow! I'm gone! Ooh yeah! Oh!

Ow-ow!



Baby, let me run

Oh-oh, oh-oh!

I'm a spark on the horizon

Ow!



Ow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow!

Ow-wow-wow-wow-wow!