Jesse With The Long Hair - Robert Earl Keen

Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back

Put a cartridge in his gun and stepped outside his shack

Saddled up his buckskin mare and rode off into town

Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Luann fixed her makeup, straightened out her dress

Picked up a photograph and held it to her breast

How could she ever love him?

he never was around

Jesse with the long hair hanging down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust

Scatters in the wind

Love is all that matters in the end

Sheriff Paul was sleepin', his hat off in his lap

When he got a package that woke him from his nap

He unrolled a poster, couldn’t help but frown

It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

They had been compadres many years before

Jesse saved his life one time back before the war

Now he was the king of thieves, he wore it like a crown

Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust

Scatters in the wind

Love is all that matters in the end

Mr. Brown the banker hid the money in his case

It was time for him to leave this God forsaken place

His true love loved the outlaw who hated Mr. Brown

That was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brown had taken the land that Jesse owned

The banker claimed that Jesse had not repaid his loan

Truth and lies were tangled but when the truth unwound

There was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brown was all along Luann came walking in

She pulled a pistol from her purse and pointed it at him

When the door blew open she turned to look around

It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Mr. Brow grabbed Luann’s gun and held it to her head

«I'll blow her to Kingdom Come» is what the banker said

In the fateful moment Jesse stood his ground

Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust

Scatters in the wind

Love is all that matters in the end

The bullet that killed Mr. Brown came through the windowpane

It put a hole above one eye and lodged down in his brain

He never saw a puff of smoke, no flash, no fire, no sound

From Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Sheriff Paul was fast asleep his hat down on his eyes

When he got a letter and much to his surprise

A picture of his sweet Luann in her wedding gown

And Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust

Scatters in the wind

Love is all that matters in the end