Billy Joe Shaver - Hard to Be an Outlaw lyrics

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Ft. Willie Nelson

(Verse)

She was cuter than a speckled pup, just turned twenty one

She had a lot of fun, playing with my gun

Just before the sun come up, she couldn't take no more

She came undone, cryin', crawlin' for the door

(Chorus)

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

And the only friends that's left is them behind them swingin' doors

And it's hard to keep your trying when your back is to the floor

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

(Verse 2)

I like it when the horse I ride is pedal to the floor

He blows hot from his nostrils and runs like manowar

Someday we both may wind up in some junkyard heard on the side

Until that day you bet your ass we're gonna whip and ride

(Chorus)

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

And the only friends that's left is them behind them swingin' doors

And it's hard to keep your trying when your back is to the floor

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

(Verse 3)

Some simple stars nowadays get too far off the ground

Singing 'bout the backroads they never have been down

They go and call it country, but that ain't the way it sounds

It's enough to make a renegade want to terrorize the town

(Chorus)

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

And the only friends that's left is them behind them swingin' doors

And it's hard to go trying when your back is to the door

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore

And it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore