Jesse James

Bruce Springsteen

1. Jesse James was a lad
   That killed many a man
   He robbed the Glendale train
   He stole from the rich
   And he gave to the poor
   
   Well it was Robert Ford
   That dirty little coward
   I wonder now how he feels
   For he ate of Jesse's bread
   And he slept in Jesse's bed
   And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

R: Well Jesse had a wife
   To mourn for his life
   Three children
   Now they were brave
   Well that dirty little coward
   That shot Mr. Howard
   And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

2. Well now Jesse was a man
   A friend to the poor
   There never was a man with
   the law in his hand
   That could take Jesse James when alive
   
   It was on a Saturday night
   Yeah the moon was
   shinin' bright
   They robbed
   the Glendale train
   And the people they did say
   o'er many miles away
   It was those outlaws yeah Frank
   and Jesse James

R: Well Jesse had a wife...

3. Now the people held
   their breath
   When they heard of
   Jesse's death
   They wondered how
   he'd ever come to fall
   He shot Jesse in the back
   While Jesse hung a picture
   on a wall
   
   Now Jesse went to rest with
   his hand on his breast
   The devil upon his knee
   he was born one day in
   the County Clay
   a solitary race

R: Well Jesse had a wife...