When i was a cowboy out on the western plains When i was a cowboy out on the western plains I made a half a million pulling on the bridled reigns Oh the hardest battle ever on the western plains When me and a bunch of cowboys we run in to Jesse James The bullets were falling, they come down like showering rain All his men ride in after me, and they shot out their best regards When your house catches on fire and there ain't no water around When your house catches on fire and there ain't no water around Throw your jelly out the window, let the god damn shack burn down Stride in on the devil's burden, I had to put them in the ground A better life, it waits for me, on the outskirts of town