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