Jesse With the Long Hair.... Robert Earl Keen

Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back
Put a cartridge in his gun and stepped outside his shack
Saddled up his buckskin mare and rode off into town
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Luann fixed her makeup, straightened out her dress
Picked up a photograph and held it to her breast
How could she ever love him? he never was around
Jesse with the long hair hanging down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust
Scatters in the wind
Love is all that matters in the end

Sheriff Paul was sleepin', his hat off in his lap
When he got a package that woke him from his nap
He unrolled a poster, couldn't help but frown
It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down
They had been compadres many years before
Jesse saved his life one time back before the war
Now he was the king of thieves, he wore it like a crown
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down

Flesh and blood it turns to dust
Scatters in the wind
Love is all that matters in the end