The foreman touched the cold steel lines   The rail bed was frozen with ice   In the distance an engine was keeping good time   The steam whistle moaned just twice      Down in the cut past the old Tressel bridge   Twelve fine horses stood   Masked men shivered in the cold on the ridge   Not far from the Glendale woods      The brass lamp shone from the swaying train   When the driver saw the red light   Her iron brakes sparked like silver rain   And the metals screamed through the night      The baggage man peered out to look for the fault   When fear froze up his heart   He was staring down the barrel of an army colt   That threatened to tear him apart      We will burn your train to cinders   So throw the money on down   Open up your damned express car   And jump down to the ground      But we won't touch that old woman   [Incomprehensible] and they claimed   They ain't offered no reward   For Frank and Jesse James   Frank and Jesse James      In long soldier's coats frayed with the years   Quickly they scrambled aboard   Men were the sweatin' and the women shed tears   And a preacher prayed to the Lord      When they opened the safe there was nothing for them   So they strode down through the train   What a miserable sight these desperate men   Robbin' old folks for their gold, watch, chains      We will burn your train to cinders   So throw the money on down   Open up your damned express car   And jump down to the ground      But we won't touch that old woman   [Incomprehensible] and they claimed   They ain't offered no reward   For Frank and Jesse James   Frank and Jesse James      Now some say the devil had taken his soul   Some say his spirit survived   But we all know he was nothin' but a Missouri farm boy   Just fighting to stay alive      High above that railroad bed   On a ridge where the pines grow tall   If you listen to the wind, there's a ghost of a chance   You can still hear old Jesse call      We will burn your train to cinders   So throw the money on down   Open up your damned express car   And jump down to the ground      But we won't touch that old woman   [Incomprehensible] and they claimed   They ain't offered no reward   For Frank and Jesse James   For Frank and Jesse James