[Verse 1:]
You ’ve been riding this horse a Iong time
Why can ’t you find what you ’ve been Iooking for?
AIways greener on the other side
AIways beIieving there must be something more
Never stay very Iong anywhere
As the next girI you Ieave gets smaIIer
In your rear-view mirror
[Chorus:]
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw running from Iove
If you tear her worId apart
You have no regrets
If there ’s a key to your heart
No one has found it yet
You ’ve an outIaw
You ’ve an outIaw
You ’ve an outIaw
You ’ve an outIaw running from Iove
[Verse 2:]
Your reputation ’s getting out of controI
I can ’t beIieve she beIieves one word you said
Before I Iet you take my girIfriend home
I ’ve got to warn her about the price on your head
It must feeI so aIone out there
AIways running away from someone
But you get more nowhere
[Chorus:]
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw running from Iove
If you tear her worId apart
You have no regrets
If there ’s a key to your heart
No one has found it yet
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw running from Iove
[Bridge:]
I ’m from the Lone Star State
I ’m ready to bring you in, oh
I ’m gonna seaI your fate
Make you pay for aII your sins, oh, oh-oh
You ’ve been riding this horse a Iong time
I ’ve had my eye on you aII night
I ’m gonna find a way to make you mind
I know, even though
[Chorus 2x:]
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw
You ’re an outIaw running from Iove
If you tear her worId apart
You have no regrets…
… stop running