So You Wannabe an Outlaw

So you wanna be an outlaw? Buddy, take it from me

Sleepin' on the highway ain't everything it's supposed to be

Everybody reckons that they wanna be free

Ain't nobody wants to be alone

Stumble in the alley at a quarter to three

Hollerin' for Sally, honey, what you tryin' to do to me?

Told me, "Go to hell, I'm goin' back to Tennessee"

I said, "Angel, you can never go home"

Never go home

Never go home

If you wanna be an outlaw, you can never go home

So you wanna be an outlaw? Better listen up, kid

Steal a million dollars and you have to keep it hid

Ain't no place to spend it in the desert if you dare

And you can't take it with you when you go

Always somethin' layin' for ya up around the bend

Everything that goes around comes back around again

You can't trust anybody, not a lover or a friend

Your mama may be dead, you never know

Never do know (Never do know)

Never do know (Well, you never do know)

If you wanna be an outlaw, then you never do know

So you wanna be an outlaw? Son, you better think twice

You better not pout and you better not cry

'Cause there ain't nobody give a damn about ya when you die

But the devil when it comes to his due

When you're standin' at the crossroads, don't you try to flag a ride

Don't you fall down on your knees

Don't you know it's already been tried?

Hate to tell you, but they only act

Sad to sing the devil outta the blues

Singin' the blues

Keep on singin' the blues

Sing the "So you say you wanna be

An outlaw" blues

Hey, hey