Songwriter: Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Producer: Glyn Johns
[Verse 1]
There's Frank James and Jesse James
Billy Kid and all the rest
Supposed to be some bad cats
Way out in the West
If those cats could have dug me
And my gangster ways
They would have hung up their guns
And dug into their graves
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
Now look here
When I go into a bar
Girls from near and far
Say I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
[Verse 2]
I jumped in my white horse Cadillac
I rode across the border line
I roped 55 girls
I kissed them all at the same time
Took 25 or 30, put 'em all on a freight
There was a million dollar reward for me in each and every state
Sheriff says, "Is your name Stevie "Guitar" Miller?" in a very deep voice
And I said, "Yes sir, brother sheriff, and that's your wife on the back of my horse"
[Outro]
I can't help it
I'm a gangster
I can't help it
You know, I'm a gangster
I'm a gangster
There's Frank James and Jesse James
Billy Kid and all the rest
Supposed to be some bad cats
Way out in the West
If those cats could have dug me
And my gangster ways
They would have hung up their guns
And dug into their graves
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
Now look here
When I go into a bar
Girls from near and far
Say I'm a gangster
A gangster of love
[Verse 2]
I jumped in my white horse Cadillac
I rode across the border line
I roped 55 girls
I kissed them all at the same time
Took 25 or 30, put 'em all on a freight
There was a million dollar reward for me in each and every state
Sheriff says, "Is your name Stevie "Guitar" Miller?" in a very deep voice
And I said, "Yes sir, brother sheriff, and that's your wife on the back of my horse"
[Outro]
I can't help it
I'm a gangster
I can't help it
You know, I'm a gangster
I'm a gangster
more tracks from the album
The Best of 1968-1973
- The Joker
- Jackson-Kent Blues
- Quicksilver Girl
- My Dark Hour
- Living in the U.S.A.
- Gangster of Love
- Your Saving Grace
- Kow Kow Calqulator
- Song for Our Ancestors
- Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around
- Little Girl
- Seasons
- Going to the Country
- Going to Mexico
- Evil
- Come on in My Kitchen
- Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
- Sugar Babe
- Space Cowboy
From the albums
- Sailor (1968)
- The Best of 1968-1973 (1990)
Steve Miller Band popular songs
- The Joker
- Abracadabra
- Fly Like an Eagle
- Rock’n Me
- Take the Money and Run
- Space Cowboy
- Jet Airliner
- Jungle Love
- Living in the U.S.A.
- Serenade
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- Winter Time
- I Wanna Be Loved
- You’ve Got the Power
- Big Boss Man
- You’re So Fine
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
- Blues Without Blame
- When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
- One in a Million
- Little Girl
- Celebration Song
- Enter Maurice
- Fandango