[Verse 1: Steve Earle]
So you wanna be an outlaw? Better take it from me
Living 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

Stumblin' in the alley at a quarter to three
Hollering after Sally, "Honey, what you trying to do to me?"
Told me, "Go to hell, I'm going back to Tennessee"
I said, "Angel, you can never go home"

[Chorus: Steve Earle]
Never go home
Never go home
If you wanna be an outlaw
You can never go home

[Verse 2: Willie Nelson]
So you wanna be 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 did
And you can't take it with you when you go

Always something laying for you up around the bend
Everything that goes around comes back around again
You can't trust anybody, not a lover or a friend
Your momma, maybe, then you never know
[Chorus: Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, Both]
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

[Verse 3: Steve Earle & Willie Nelson]
So you wanna be an outlaw? Son, you better think twice
You better not pout and you better not cry
'Cause there won't nobody give a damn about you when you die
But the devil when he comes for his due

When you're standing at the crossroads, don't you try to flag a ride
Don't you fall down on your knees, don't you do what's already been tried
Hate to tell you but the only the left side is to sing the devil out of the blues

[Chorus: Steve Earle & Willie Nelson]
Singing the blues
Keep on singing the blues
Sing the "So you say you wanna be an outlaw blues"

[Outro: Steve Earle]
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