Desperado - Alice Cooper

Same name, different song. This song is off Coopers wicked Killer album from 1971. Cooper has said that the song is both about Jim Morrison of the Doors, as well as Robert Vaughn from the Magnificent 7. Either make sense in my eyes, but I definitely lean towards Vaughn as it really gives off an old west storyline. The album is absolutely a must listen and though Cooper has put out many, many albums, this is most likely his greatest in my eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM2UXFe78sc&feature=related

Desperado

I'm a gambler
And I'm a runner
But you knew that
When you lay down

I'm a picture
Of ugly stories
I'm a killer
And I'm a clown

Step into the street by sundown
Step into your last goodbye
You're a target just by living
Twenty dollars will make you die

I wear lace
And I wear black leather
My hands are lightning upon my gun

My shots are clean
And my, my shots are final
My shots are deadly
And when it's done

You're as stiff as my smoking barrel
You're as dead as a desert night
You're a notch
And I'm a legend
You're at peace
And I must hide

Tell me where the hell I'm going
Let my bones fall in the dust
Can't you hear that ghost that's calling
As my Colt begins to rust
In the dust

I'm a killer
I'm a clown
I'm a priest
That's gone to town

Desperado - The Eagles

Everyone knows the Eagles, and they are a band that deserves every bit of fame they've achieved. This is a fairly popular song,and one of my favorites by them, just so mellow, easy to listen to and get lost in. A similar piece was written in 68' but Henley adapted it later into Desperado in 73'. The Eagles are an interesting band as they started off as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt, but after realizing what talent they had, split off and began rocking. This may be the only case I know of the band leaving the singer and becoming more famous. Funny enough, they were considered country when they started out, and this song is categorized as country rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juzUq5sPOE0&feature=related

Desperado

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late