Outlaw Pete Lyrics - Bruce Springsteen

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Album: Working On A Dream (2009)

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 25 a Mustang pony he did steal

and he 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 awoke from a vision of his own death

Saddled his pony and rode out deep into the west

Met 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?

Can you hear me? 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 peaceful and 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.

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?

For 40 days and nights Pete rode and did not stop

till he sat high upon an icy mountaintop.

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.

A 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?