Jesse James Symphony

Jesse James is running and he'll never be at rest
 'Til the day they fold his arms across his chest
 He's a long way from the cradle
 And his Ma's authority
 But it only seems a minute
 Since he stood over his bed
 And she tried to tell him something
 Now what the hell was it she said?
 Jesse James is thinking of the breaks he never had
 And the gene that cursed his blood group rhesus-bad
 Jesse James lived money
 His account was in the black
 'Til the day he stopped a bullet with his back
 Well the zip cose may read Vegas
 But the heart beats Tupelo
 And a footstep is such a small thing
 That it's neither here nor there
 'Til you string those steps together
 And find home is way back, way back where?
 Jesse James was never
 Part of lifes great symphony
 All he heard were penny whistles out of key
 Jesse James he promised:
 "I will never die afraid"
 That boy perjured every vow he ever made