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Outlaw Pete by Bruce Springsteen

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

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

At twenty-five a mustang pony he did steal
And they rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel
Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw killer and a thief
And I slow down only to sow my grief

I'm (5)____________ Pete!
I'm Outlaw Pete!
Can you (6)________ me?

They cut his (7)__________ of tears across the countryside
And where he went, (8)__________ (9)________ and men died

One night he woke from a (10)____________ of his own death
Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West
Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the res
And as the (11)________ fell he held
That beautiful daughter to his chest

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

Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan
His heart (12)__________________ 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, (13)____________ the trigger
And (14)______________ "let it start"
Pete drew a knife (15)________ his boot, (16)__________ it,
And pierced Dan through the heart
Dan smiled as he laid in his own blood dying in the sun
And whispered in Pete's ear,
"We cannot undo these things we've done."

You're (17)____________ Pete!
You're Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you (18)________ me?

For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop
Till he sat (19)________ upon an icy mountain top
He watched the hawk on a desert updraft (20)________ and slide
Moved to the (21)________ and dug his spurs deep (22)________ his pony side

Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge
Some say they remain (23)____________ high upon that icy ledge
The young Navajo girl washes in the river, (24)________ so fair
And braids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair

Outlaw Pete!
Outlaw Pete!
Can you hear me?
Can you (25)________ me?
Can you hear me?
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