Bruce Springsteen - Outlaw Pete
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He
was
born
a
lit
tle
ba
by
on
the
Ap
pa
la
chian
Trail
97
At
six
months
old
he’d
done
three
months
in
jail
225
He
robbed
a
bank
in
his
dia
pers
and
his
lit
tle
bare
ba
by
feet
357
All
he
said
was
“Folks,
my
name
is
Out
law
Pete.”
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I’m
Out
law
Pete!
573
I’m
Out
law
~
~
Pete!
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Do
do
do
do
do
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At
twen
ty
five
a
Mus
tang
po
ny
he
did
steal
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And
he
rode
her
’round
and
’round
on
hea
ven’s
wheel
993
Fa
ther
Je
sus,
I’m
an
out
law,
kil
ler,
and
a
thief
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And
I
slow
down
on
ly
to
sow
my
grief
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I’m
Out
law
Pete!
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I’m
Out
law
~
~
Pete!
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Do
do
do
do
do
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He
cut
his
trail
of
tears
a
cross
the
coun
try
si
de
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And
where
he
went,
wo
men
wept
and
men
died
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Do
do
do
do
do
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One
night
he
a
woke
from
a
vi
sion
of
his
own
death
1961
Sad
dled
his
po
ny
and
rode
out
deep
in
to
the
West
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Mar
ried
a
Na
va
jo
girl
and
set
tled
down
on
the
res
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And
as
the
snow
fell
he
held
their
beau
ti
ful
daugh
ter
to
his
chest
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I’m
Out
law
Pete!
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I’m
Out
law
~
~
Pete!
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Out
of
the
east,
on
an
I
rish
stal
lion,
came
boun
ty
hun
ter
Dan
3250
His
heart
quick
ened
and
dened
by
the
need
to
get
his
man
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He
found
Pete
peace
ful
ly
fish
ing
by
the
riv
er,
pulled
his
gun
and
got
the
drop
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He
said
“Pete,
you
think
you’ve
changed
but
you
have
not.”
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He
cocked
his
pis
tol,
pulled
the
trig
ger
and
shout
ed
“Let
it
start!”
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Pete
drew
a
knife
from
his
boot,
threw
it,
and
pierced
Dan
through
the
heart
4053
Dan
smiled
as
he
lay
in
his
own
blood,
dy
ing
in
the
sun
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And
whis
pered
in
Pete’s
ear
“We
can
not
un
do
these
things
we’ve
done.”
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You’re
Out
law
Pete
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You’re
Out
law
~
~
Pete
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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For
for
ty
days
and
nights,
Pete
rode
and
did
not
stop
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Till
he
sat
high
up
on
an
i
cy
moun
tain
top
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He
watched
a
hawk
on
a
de
sert
up
draft,
slip
and
slide
5137
Moved
to
the
edge
and
dug
his
spurs
deep
in
to
his
po
ny’s
side
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Some
say
Pete
and
his
po
ny
va
nished
o
ver
the
edge
6193
Some
say
they
re
main
fro
zen
high
up
on
that
i
cy
ledge
6386
A
young
Na
va
jo
girl
wa
shes
in
the
ri
ver
her
skin
so
fair
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And
braids
a
piece
of
Pete’s
buck
skin
chaps
in
to
her
hair
6799
Out
law
Pete
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Out
law
~
Pete
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Can
you
hear
me?
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you
hear
me?
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you
hear
me?
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you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?
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Can
you
hear
me?