blues
southern rock
country
slide
bottleneck
Lyrics
THE OUTLAW SONG
Saddle my horse and bring me my gun.
The law's on my tail and I'm on the run.
The life of an outlaw is a hard one at that.
I make my home where I hang my hat.
Had me a wife, her name was Roxann.
We had a spread down in Tucsan.
With two healthy boys and a lovely young girl.
We called her sweet sweet Calisa.
And together we made up the lazy x brand.
Proud that we made a stand.
Then along came a man from the railroad who said,
Sell or be run off your land.
Fight as we could, we lost all we had,
Sept a hate that I couldn't hide.
Now there's six wooden notches carved on my gun,
And six railroad men who have died.
Now I know it's not right to take another man's life,
And it bothers me some I must say.
But they took all I had and turned a good man bad.
Now there's hell to pay.