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 just had to go downtown
Throw his weight around for starting over
\"Say did you hear I´ve got a band?\"
Some guys I know from LA
Put on 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?
Oh 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 ya´
No place to go now but falling over
Some guys can´t make it on the run
Under the gun
Not for the younger
Oh Jack Daniel´s 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
You know it´s not a sin
That little badge of tin
Just a momento
So sad your love remained
My comrades lost in battle
The music was a din from London to Seattle
We all made you play and all our yesterdays
Are starting over
Oh Desperado
Why don´t you spend your life in Colorado?
Oh 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 ya´
No place to go now but falling over
Ready to die
No he´s ready to die