Rudy Got Caught Again is the 3rd track on Tallsome Tales by The Carnivaleros.

Björgvin Benediktsson interviews songwriter Gary Mackender and mixing/mastering engineer Karl Hoffmann about the inspirations behind the song and how it came to be.

Rudy got caught in the barbed wire again

He was running from the man with a bottle of gin

They took back the bottle but left him on the hook

So he could think about all the things he done took

Rudy got caught again

He'd been flirting with the law since the day he turned ten

About the same time his pappy got sent to the pen

His days turned into nights and his nights turned into days

Might take an act of God to change his wicked ways

In his dreams he was a different man

Had a home, some kids, and a wife

But that path was never meant to be

A life of crime was his only life

Now he's serving five to ten in the federal pen

He was in the right place but the wrong time again

He swears he didn't know after all of this time

His buddies in the bank were committing a crime

Rudy got caught in the barbed wire again

He was running from the man with a bottle of gin

They took back the bottle but left him on the hook

So he could think about all the things he done took

Rudy got caught again

Rudy got caught in the crossfire

Rudy stumbled over the tripwire

Rudy thought he was a high flyer

Rudy got caught again

Rudy got caught again

Gary Mackender - drums, accordion, vocals

Karl Hoffmann - bass

Joe Fanning - electric and acoustic guitars

Björgvin Benediktsson - harmony vocals