Lyrics to
Outlaw Man

This version of Outlaw Man was released by Eagles in 1973.

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I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw’s son
The highway is my legacy
On the highway I will run
In one hand I’ve a Bible
In the other I’ve got a gun
Well, don’ you know me
I’m the man who won
Woman don’t try to love me
Don’t try to understand
A life upon the road is the life of an outlaw man

First left my woman, it was down in Santa Fe
Headed for Oklahoma, I was ridin’ night and day
All of my friends are strangers,
They quickly come and go

And all my love’s in danger,
‘Cause I steal hearts and souls
Woman, don’t try to love me
Don’t try to understand A life upon the road is the life of an outlaw man
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Woman, don’t try to love me
Don’t try to understand
A life upon the road is the life of an outlaw man

Some me call me Abel,
Some men call me Cain,
Some men call me sinner, Lord
Some men call me saint

Some say there’s a Jesus
Some men say there ain’t
When you got no life to lose
Then there’s nothin’ left to gain
Outlaw man
Outlaw man

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Outlaw Man, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Eagles. Some of the lyrics to Outlaw Man have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eagles and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Outlaw Man if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Outlaw Man" means the words set to the music of Outlaw Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eagles. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Outlaw Man and the lyrics to Outlaw Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eagles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Outlaw Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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