[Verse 1]
Jesse was a renegade
Danced to his own drum
Growin' wise, could wait 'til tomorrow
Took to a road signposted sorrow

[Verse 2]
Jesse was a hooligan
Jumped right off the rail
There in the cards, there in the tarot
Born to despise the straight and the narrow

[Pre-Chorus]
Jesse was a connoisseur
Home cookin' tasted stale

[Chorus]
Jesse James bolero is a dance upon the run
Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son
Jesse James is waiting for the cheap music to stop
Don't goodbye deserve some Bach, not barbershop ?

[Verse 3]
Jesse didn't hear the drum
Suddenly lose time
All his plans crafted, clever
Fated unborn, unfinished forever
[Verse 4]
Jesse didn't hear the drum
Stop outside his door
In his dreams, destiny towered
In the cold light of day, it came as a coward

[Pre-Chorus]
Jesse didn't hear the drum
At the age of thirty-four

[Chorus]
Jesse James bolero is a dance upon the run
Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son
Jesse James is waiting for the cheap music to stop
Don't goodbye deserve some Bach, not barbershop ?

[Chorus]
Jesse James bolero is a dance upon the run
Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son
Jesse James is waiting for the cheap music to stop
Don't goodbye deserve some Bach, not barbershop ?