Steve Earle — So You Wannabe an Outlaw

[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] Hey Hey