THE OUTLAW
The outlaw
That was only out for a beer
AND A GOOD TIME
IS NOW ENROLLED
IN SCHOOL
AND SOMEONE SAID THAT HE IS STILL THERE
AND HE'S WRITING PAPERS AND SHIT
AND SITTING THROUGH LECTURES
AND RAISING HIS HAND
THAT MOTHER-FUCKER
ONLY RAISED HIS HANDS
WHEN THE COPS SAID
"STOP"
AND NOW HE'S ASKING QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS
AND SOMEONE SAID THAT THEY SAW HIM
AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OFF THE SAUCE
AND HE WAS WEARING SHORT SLEEVES,
SO THEN I GUESS
HE AIN'T DOING THAT SHIT
NO MORE;
AND THAT HIS SHIRT WAS TUCKED IN,
HE'S STRANGE LIKE THAT.
HARD TO BELIEVE THOUGH
CAUSE WHEN I KNEW HIM
BEFORE:
HE SOMETIMES HAD DOUGH
BUT WAS ALWAYS AT SOME BACKYARD KEGGER
OR THROWING BACK A FORTY AT THE ONYX
OR TRIPPIN' W/ SOME HIPPIES UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF WYOMING
OR FALLING DOWN THE HILSIDE UP AT THE GREEK
PUKING IN THE BUSHES
HOWLING
HE WAS A LOUD MOTHER FUCKER
AND ALWAYS SCREAMING
HE FIGURED HE WAS PURGING HIMSELF
OF THAT ONE DEMON
HE WAS A MAGICAL-TRAGICAL FELLOW
AND MANY THOUGHT THAT HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT
BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY
"DON'T BET AGAINST ME"
OH YEAH
HE WAS FULL OF BRAVADO AND MACHO BULLSHIT
YOU COULD SAY THAT HE WAS OOZING IT
HE WAS AN ANOREXIC COWBOY IN THE WIND
THAT LIKED TO SWAGGER WHEN HE WALKED
SOMETIMES IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ACTUALLY SWITCIN'
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY...
AND HE WOULD TELL CHICKS TO CALL HIM
JIMMY
JIMMY DURANGO
AND HE WOULD TELL THEM THAT HE COULD HE SPIT FIRE
AND WALK ON COALS
BAREFOOT
UNSCAVED
AND HE WOULD GESTICULATE FOR INFLECTION WHEN HE SPOKE
AND IT WAS ALL JUST TO GET A REACTION
AND WHILE HIS LIFE WAS PASSING HIM BYE
HIS FRIENDS WERE FINDING LIVES
AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD GO AND VISIT THEM
AT SCHOOL
AND SLEEP IN THE QUAD...
DROOLING...
AND NOW THEY SAY
That HE'S ENROLL'D IN CLASSES...
CRAZY...
I GUESS HE FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR
ON HIS TRIP