The Heartbreak Kid Lyrics

He comes out of the west straight across the plains

In a '67 Mustang with yellow flames

Riding like a desperado chasing a train

He's wearing snakeskin boots and a Stetson hat

Got a six string strapped right across his back

A blue-jeaned black-leathered rock and roll Jesse James

All the girls line up when he takes the stage

And he mows them down with just a single gaze

And I was standing back aways

When he looked right through me and then he waved

He's a bandit he's a romeo

He'll steal your heart and just let you go

I shoulda listened when they said

Don't ever tangle with the heartbreak kid

I tried to tell my mama what he's like

She said, don't bother baby I know the type

Your daddy was a smooth talking singer in a traveling band

He loved you darling and he always will

But those rambling boys they just can't sit still

And every girl's just another one night stand

I said no no mama you got him all wrong

He told me he loves me, gonna write me a song

And when he leaves he's gonna take me along

But when I went back to the hotel they said he was gone

He's a bandit he's a rolling stone

He'll steal your heart and just leave you alone

I shoulda listened when mama said

Don't ever tangle with the heartbreak kid

Sometimes I hear him singing soft and low

When I'm listening late at night to the radio

Maybe someday he'll come back around

When he wants to settle down and have a home

He's a bandit he's a romeo

He'll steal your heart and just let you go

I shoulda listened when they said

Don't ever tangle with the heartbreak kid

I shoulda listened when they said

Don't ever tangle with the heartbreak kid

Heartbreak kid