You know I 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 and throw his weight around 'fore starting over
Say did you hear I've got a band?
Some guys I know from L.A.
By the Rio Grande I'll pay you back by Friday
It sure ain't big just some cats I dig they said they'd do the gig
Hey Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
Oh Restless Shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow
El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
Stop wearing (?) and no place to go but fallin' over (over) (over)
Some hands can't make it on the run under the gun not for the younger
Oh Jack Daniels, 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 drunken Indian just a momento
So sad you loved in vain
My comrades lost in battle
The music wars are done from London to Seattle
We have played for change
We all want the same for starting over
Hey Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
Oh Restless Shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow
El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California?
I should have warned ya no place to go now but falling over
Some hands can't make it on the run under the gun not for the younger
Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your thunder
Hey 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...?
