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