Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
Well don't you want to climb a mountain
Yeah, don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Well don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well now don't you want to swim the ocean
Don't you want to climb the highest tree
Drink some of momma's lovin' potion
Get your woman till she just can't see
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Just a poor boy out on the skids
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like billy, just like billy the kid
Well now billy he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
By the year of 21, as many notches on his gun
But someone laid him to an early rest
Don't you want to climb a mountain
Don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse
Guitar solo
Jesse he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
As many notches on his gun as the years of 21
But someone laid him to an early rest
Don't you want to climb a mountain
Don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Just like jesse, just like jesse, just like jesse james
Yeah, don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Well don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well now don't you want to swim the ocean
Don't you want to climb the highest tree
Drink some of momma's lovin' potion
Get your woman till she just can't see
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Just a poor boy out on the skids
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like billy, just like billy the kid
Well now billy he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
By the year of 21, as many notches on his gun
But someone laid him to an early rest
Don't you want to climb a mountain
Don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse
Guitar solo
Jesse he was a bad boy, he won the wild west
As many notches on his gun as the years of 21
But someone laid him to an early rest
Don't you want to climb a mountain
Don't you want to ride the river
Drink from a magic fountain
Give your woman all the love that you can give her
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to ride the range
Don't you want to be an outlaw children
Just like jesse, like jesse james
Well don't you want to be an outlaw
Don't you want to be an outlaw
Just like jesse, just like jesse, just like jesse james
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