Jesse James is running and he'll never be at rest



'Til the day they fold his arms across his chest



He's a long way from the cradle



And his Ma's authority



But it only seems a minute



Since he stood over his bed



And she tried to tell him something



Now what the hell was it she said ???



Jesse James is thinking of the breaks he never had



And the gene that cursed his blood group rhesus-bad



Jesse James lived money



His account was in the black



'Til the day he stopped a bullet with his back



Well the zip cose may read Vegas



But the heart beats Tupelo



And a footstep is such a small thing



That it's neither here nor there



'Til you string those steps together



And find home is way back, way back where ?



Jesse James was never



Part of lifes great symphony



All he heard were penny whistles out of key



Jesse James he promised :



"I will never die afraid"



That boy perjured every vow he ever made