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Outlaw Pete by Bruce Springsteen

He was born a little (1)________ on the Appalachian Trail
At six (2)____________ old he'd done (3)__________ months in jail
He robbed a bank in his (4)______________ and his little bare baby feet
All he said was "Folks, my (5)________ is Outlaw Pete."

I'm Outlaw Pete!
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?

At twenty-five a mustang (6)________ he did steal
And (7)________ rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel
Father Jesus, I'm an (8)____________ killer and a thief
And I (9)________ down only to sow my grief

I'm Outlaw Pete!
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?

They cut his trail of tears across the countryside
And (10)__________ he went, women wept and men died

One night he (11)________ from a vision of his own death
Saddled his pony and (12)________ her deep into the West
Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res
And as the snow fell he held
That beautiful daughter to his chest

I'm (13)____________ Pete!
I'm (14)____________ Pete!
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Out of the (15)________ on an (16)__________ stallion (17)________ Bounty Hunter Dan
His heart quickened and burned by the need to get his man
He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river
Pulled his gun and got the drop
He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not."

He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger
And shouted "let it start"
Pete drew a knife from his boot, threw it,
And pierced Dan through the heart
Dan (18)____________ as he laid in his own blood dying in the sun
And whispered in Pete's ear,
"We (19)____________ (20)________ these things we've done."

You're Outlaw Pete!
You're Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop
Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top
He watched the (21)________ on a desert updraft slip and slide
Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his (22)________ side

Some say (23)________ and his pony vanished over the edge
Some say they remain frozen (24)________ upon (25)________ icy ledge
The young (26)____________ girl washes in the river, skin so fair
And (27)____________ a piece of Pete's buckskin (28)__________ into her hair

Outlaw Pete!
Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
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