Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg - The Outlaw lyrics
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Among the possessions of an outlaw of a low class kind Is this little bottle of French perfume Taken as a last thought from a drugstore in Suburbia He said, "Lady, look what I've got for you" She said, "Jesse, I don't hardly even know you anymore And judging from your grin, you'd think you held up Henry Ford And I don't believe I want you a coming 'round here anymore" Jesse, he was hurt, boy, and he left there and he slammed the door And he wandered through the alleyways Thinking all the while that she'd be proud of what he stole for her And he tried to think of better ways Dreaming of a movie that he'd seen one afternoon He drew out all his savings and he went and bought a gun And he ran right home and stood before his mirror Acting like a thug He waited for a dark night, he was frightened, boy, the fog rolled in As a rich man, he came walking by "Hold your hands up high," he cried, "I've come to make your fortune mine" But his eyes, they gave him right away Jesse dropped the gun and they both stared at to where it lay And Jesse asked the man if he'd please leave him in his pain And the man tried to forgive him, but there’s not much he could say Among the possessions of an outlaw of a low class kind Is this little bottle of French perfume Taken as a last thought from a drugstore in Suburbia He said, "Lady, look what I've got for you" "Oh, take it, oh, please take it, I'm tired and I'm poor And this crappy French perfume is nothing less than my own soul I was feeling half a man, I wanted to feel whole"