Perhaps Billy Mack should get some help looking for Billy
Joe and Bobbie Sue. He’s doing a pretty
miserable job finding them on is own
Well, you know he ain't gonna let those two escape justice. What are you so concerned about?
Seriously? Two alleged robbers who at the very least shot a man (it's implied that they killed the guy, but I can't say for sure) are at large, and you're asking me what I'm concerned about?
They're also fictional. Don't suppose that entered the thought process at all here?
That's beside the point entirely.
So today's Sametime Status over-analyzes the lyrics to the 1976 hit song "Take The Money And Run" by the Steve Miller Band. We're introduced to two delinquents who shoot a guy while in the process of stealing his valuables. They then go on the run from the law, pursued by Detective Billy Mack. Why we're introduced to Billy Mack is a complete and total mystery, because he actually accomplishes nothing in the song. The only reason he's around is so that we're aware that at least somebody is looking for the two outlaws.
Here's the problem, other than the fact that everybody's name in this song starts with a B. Billy Mack is awful at his job. He can't seem to locate Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue. We're told at the end of the song that they remain on the run, some 36 years later. When Bobbie Sue ran away from Billy Joe earlier in the song, it took him less than one day to find her, and we're supposed to believe that a supposedly competent police officer can't pinpoint their location in over 30 years? He's clearly a terrible detective.
Here's the other problem...this song has the worst guitar solo ever. Why is this thing still popular? Oy.
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