They captured the outlaw last night He came out of the darkness and stood in the light He was saint he was sober and he vowed to do right They captured the outlaw last night He smiled as they threw him in jail Along with the hundreds of others who failed The only one left who believed he was right They captured the outlaw last night They never explained what went wrong The man who would not sell his soul for a song Came in with that trophy so shiny and bright They captured the outlaw last night He smiled as they threw him in jail... He looked like the outlaw we knew Shaggy old hair and scrubby old boots But his dream disappeared in society's light They captured the outlaw last night He smiled as they threw him in jail... Why he more or less turned himself in Have found some Coke and a bottle of gin But he died on TV so I guess it's all right They captured the outlaw last night