Woman and a Gun

Old Jessie was an outlaw
It was just his bad disposition
Some say he was born that way
I think he probably made a decision

Old Jessie liked the girls
He loved everyone he saw
but everybody knows
the sheriff's daughter, Rose
made him forget them all

Oh, the sheriff was a bad man
but he had a good excuse
"The ends will justify the means, my friends
I'm gonna put Jessie's head in a noose."

Jessie said, "A woman and a gun
will keep me warm, will keep me warm
all through the night
A woman and a gun
will keep me warm, will keep me warm
in the afterlife."

One day by the banks of Green River
the sheriff caught Jessie with his daughter
He spoke not a word
just squeezed that trigger
and blew them both into the water
Jesse felt his feet in the mud
Rose watched a cloud pass made of blood
The river was in their lungs
and these words were on the tip of his tongue

He said, "A woman and a gun
will keep me warm, will keep me warm
all through the night
A woman and a gun
will keep me warm, will keep me warm
in the afterlife."

All my faith is a bullet
All my God is a gun
All this world is just smoke and mirrors
I'm gonna break them one by one
I'm gonna break them one by one
I'm gonna break them one by one

All that's real is a woman
all that's true is her flesh
and all you've got is her memory
for company after death
for company after death
for company after death