Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete lyrics

He was born a little baby
On the Appalachian Trail
At six months old he'd done
Three months in jail
He robbed a bank in his diapers
And his little bare baby feet
All he said was "Folks
My name is Outlaw Pete"

I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?

At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal
And they rode around and
'round on heaven's wheel
Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw
Killer and a thief
And I slow down only to sow my grief

I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?

He cut his trail of
Tears across the countryside
And where he went, women wept and men died
One night he woke from a
Vision of his own death
Saddled his pony and rode her
Deep into the West
Married a Navajo girl and settled
Down on the res
And as the smoke fell he held
That beautiful daughter to his chest

I'm Outlaw Pete! I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?

Out of the East on an Irish
Stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan
His heart quickened and burdened by the
Need to get his man
He found Pete peacefully fishing
By the river
Pulled his gun and got the drop
He said, "Pete, you think you've changed
But you have not"
He cocked his pistol, pulled
The trigger and shouted, "Let it stop!"
He drew a knife from his boot, threw it
And pierced Dan through the heart
Dan smiled as he lay in his
Own blood dying in the sun
And whispered in Pete's ear
"We cannot undo these things we've done"

You're Outlaw Pete! You're Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

For forty days and nights Pete
Rode and did not stop
Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top
He watched a hawk on a
Desert updraft slip and slide
Moved to the edge and dug his
Spurs deep into his pony's side

Some say Pete and his pony
Vanished over the edge
Some say they remain frozen high
Upon that icy ledge
The young Navajo girl washes in the river
Skin so fair and braids a piece of Pete's
Buckskin chaps into her hair

Outlaw Pete! Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?