Don't you want to climb a mountain (Well) Don't you want to ride the river Drink from a magic fountain Give your woman all the love you can give her Don't you want to be an outlaw Don't you want to ride the range Don't you want to be an outlaw, children Just like Jesse, like Jesse James, like Jesse Don't you want to swim the ocean Don't you want to climb the highest tree Drink some of Mama's love potion Kiss your woman til she just can't see Don't you want to be an outlaw Just a poor boy out on the skids Don't you want to be an outlaw, children Just like Billy, like Billy the Kid
Jesse was a bad boy He roamed the wild west And many notches on his gun, as the year of '21 Someone laid him to an early rest Don't you want to climb a mountain (Well) Don't you want to ride the river Drink from a magic fountain Give your woman all the love that you can give her Don't you want to be an outlaw Don't you want to ride the range Don't you want to be an outlaw, children Just like Jesse, like Jesse James, like Jesse Don't you want to be an outlaw Just like Jesse, just like Jesse, just like Jesse James