I still can picture him
His hands in his back pockets
He wasn't much for words
But when the wise kids made a racket
He'd just have to go downtown
Throw his weight around
Before starting over
Say, did you hear I've got a band
Some guys I know from LA
We'll own the Rio Grande
I'll pay you back next Friday
You know it sure ain't big
Just some cats I dig
They said they'd do the gig
Oh Desperado
Why don't you spend your life in Colorado
A restless Shadow
Out in the blue hills
You're feeling hollow.
Oh El Diablo
Why did you spend your life in California
I should have warned you
No place to go now
But fallin' over
Some hands can make it on the run
Under the Gun
Not for the Younger
Oh Jack of Diamonds
I feel your hunger
I know you did your best
But you thought that you did not
I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot
Ya know it's not a sin
That little badge of tin
Just a memento
So sad you loved in vain
My comrades lost in battle
The music wars are done
From London to Seattle
We all pay to play
And all our yesterdays are starting over
Oh Desperado
Why don't you spend your life in Colorado
A restless Shadow
Out on the blue hills
You're feeling hollow.
Oh El Diablo
Why did you spend your life in California
I should have warned you
No place to go now
But fallin' over
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