They said he was a complicated man
A real good heart but blood on his hands
He saved a boy from drowning out in Avenel
Raised him from the river like he raised hell

They called him an outlaw
A wanted man and nothin’ more
If I’d seen what he saw
I know exactly what I’d a done
I woulda run run run run run
With The Kelly Gang

Poor boy was born a widow’s son
Head of the house cos his daddy died young
To put food on the table
He stole a rich man’s horse
He set the stable on fire and set
his course

They called him an outlaw
A wanted man and nothin’ more
They called him the outlaw
Hardly wait to see him fall
I woulda run run run run run
With The Kelly Gang
Such Is Life

They shot his friends and his brother dead
Marched him to the gallows instead
And on a full moon in November
They came and took his life
But he never did surrender
The wind cries, ies, ies, ies
Such is life

They called him an outlaw
A wanted man and nothin’ more
They called him an outlaw
Hardly wait to see him fall
If I’d seen what he saw
I know exactly what I’d a done
I woulda run run run run run
With The Kelly Gang

The wind cries cries cries cries Cries
Such Is Life