Jesse was a renegade danced to his own drum Growin' wise could wait 'til tomorrow Took to a road signposted sorrow 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 Jesse was a connoisseur Home cookin' tasted stale 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 ? Jesse didn't hear the drum suddenly lose time All his plans crafted, clever Fated unborn - Unfinished forever 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 Jesse didn't hear the drum At the age of thirty-four 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 ? 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 ?