Jesse James

An auction barn is not always the best place to buy a horse
The sellers information doesn’t always come from a reliable sourse
But good looking horse flesh is hard to withstand,
So I bought this horse and gave him my brand.
I found out to late that he had come from another town.
No one there would buy him, cause his reputation was know all around.
The local cowboys had given him his name.
They called that outlaw Jesse James.
For a month that horse bucked, tried to stand me on my ear.
Then he would try to kick my head off ever time I came near.
Finally I said Jesse, your days are through,
There’s too many good horses out there to mess with you.
To the sale barn I’m takin you back
And I hope you end up in a dog food sack.
Jesse hung his head, he looked kind of sad.
Made me wish I hadn’t talked so bad.
Never havin a good home, I knew how he must feel
So I got a bucket of oats to feed Jesse his last meal
While he was eatin I started pettin on him and he looked kind of surprised
Then a little sparkle came into his eyes.
I started scratchin on him and he seemed to want more.
No one had ever been nice to Jesse before.
From that day on, Jesse turned around.
A better horse can’t be found.
If you want to rope a steer, he’ll put you right there,
Or put three kids on his back, he don’t care.
You see love worked on Jesse, just like you and me
Now He’s the kind of horse that God created him to be.
There’s a lot of folks in this world like Jesse James
They’ve been spurred in the neck and folks have jerked on their reins.
We Christians have a command from above,
God said go those folks and show them My kind of love.
You see God loved the world so he gave his Son.
He wants us to tell that to every one.
But if they won’t listen, have no fear.
If we mix that message with love, then they will hear.

copyrighted: Ron and Will 2003