Lyrics:

Cowboys and outlaws and long shiny rails
Were the background setting of grandpappy's tales
Places like Tucson and old Santa Fe
Cheyenne Wyomin' during Rodeo Days

I'd sit there for hours perched on his knee
Ride just as far as his memory could see
With Billy The Kid and one Jesse James
Rail ridin' outlaws that robbed lots of trains

Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid
The one Jesse James and the things that they did
I knew them well son just like my own name
Billy and Jesse and me we robbed trains

But a boy don't stay seven all his life
He starts to wonder what's truth and what's lies
Still respect makes him listen to an old man's refrain
'Bout a wild buch of cowboys
And some make believe trains

Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid
The one Jesse James and the things that they did
He said I knew them well son just like my own name
Billy and Jesse and me we robbed trains

Now the funeral was family as funerals should be
Except for two cowboys no one else could see
Then they were gone just as quick as they came
Billy and Jesse had robbed one more train

Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid
The one Jesse James and the things that they did
I knew them well son just like my own name
Billy and Jesse and me,,,,,,we robbed trains