The Outlaw - Horace Silver

To a man faced with death The reserve note is key No solution in sight It all falls on me What's a man to do It's either death or it's greed Watch the innocent suffer Watch the innocent bleed Life on your back Not a single fighting chance It's all set and planned So with the devil I shall dance Time's rendered dry So completion comes first Nothing difficult Leave every witness in the dirt I pound my head against the wall Trying so hard to please them all Preservation instinct And the will to survive Idealistic visions Keep the last hope alive Let's not sensationalize Desperate measures for desperate times If all else fails Maybe I'll still have relief You can catch me in the headlines Morals and empathy killed the thief At the end of the day If you show them your trust They'll show your back a blade Simple, good intentions Are paving the way Maybe hell ain't so bad Now that home is a fucking cage

And now I wait my whole lifetime for you And now I wait my whole lifetime for you I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you I search the outside, search inside for you To take back what you left me I know I'll always burn to be The one who seeks so I may find And now I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw torn Outlaw torn And I'm torn So long I wait my whole lifetime for you So long I wait my whole lifetime for you The more I search the more my need for you The more I bless the more I bleed for you You make me smash the clock and feel I'd rather die behind the wheel Time was never on my side So on I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw torn Outlaw torn Outlaw torn And I'm torn (Hear me) And if I close my mind in fear Please, pry it open (See me) And if my face becomes sincere Beware (Hold me) And when I start to come undone Stitch me together (Save me) And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn (Hear me) And if I close my mind in fear Please, pry it open (See me) And if my face becomes sincere Beware (Hold me) And when I start to come undone Stitch me together (Save me) And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn

And now I wait my whole lifetime for you And now I wait my whole lifetime for you I ride the dirt, I ride the tide for you I search the outside, search inside for you To take back what you left me You know I'll always burn to be The one who seeks so I may find To wanna wait my whole lifetime I'm outlaw torn I'm outlaw torn I'm outlaw torn And I'm torn So on I wait my whole lifetime for you So on I wait my whole lifetime for you The more I search, the more my need for you The more I bless, the more I bleed for you You make me smash the clock and feel I'd rather die behind the wheel Time was never on my side So on I wait my whole lifetime From outlaw torn I'm outlaw I'm outlaw torn And I'm torn (Hear me!) And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open (See me!) And if my face becomes sincere Beware, yeah! (Hold me!) And when I start to come undone Stitch me together (Save me!) And if you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn (Hear me!) And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open (See me!) And if my face becomes sincere Beware, yeah! (Hold me!) And if I start to come undone Stitch me together (Save me!) And if you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn

You've been riding this horse a long time Why can't you find what you've been looking for? Always greener on the other side Always believin' there must be something more Never stay very long anywhere As the next girl you leave gets smaller In you rear-view mirror You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love If you tear her world apart You have no regrets If there's a key to your heart No one's found it yet You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love Your reputation's gettin' out of control I can believe, she believes one word you said Before I let you take my girlfriend home I've got to warn her about the price on your head It must feel so alone out there Always running away from someone But you get nowhere You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love If you tear her world apart You have no regrets If there's a key to your heart No one's found it yet You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love I'm from the Lone Star State I'm ready to bring you in Oh I'm gonna seal your fate, make you pay for all of your sins Oh, oh, oh You've been riding this horse a long time I've had my eye on you all night I'm gonna find a way to make you mine I know, even though You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love If you tear her world apart You have no regrets If there's a key to your heart No one's found it yet You're an outlaw You're an outlaw You're an outlaw running from love Stop running