Desperado transcends simple country-rock by framing the outlaw life as a tragic pursuit of autonomy against the inevitable weight of mortality. It is a masterful conceptual work that captures the existential loneliness inherent in the American dream of absolute freedom.
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[music] [music] >> They were Doolin, Doolin Dalton.
High or [singing] low, it was the same. [music] Easy money, [singing] >> [music] >> faithless women, >> [music] >> red-eye whiskey [singing] for the pain.
>> [music] >> Go down, Bill Dalton, it must be God's will.
>> [music] >> Two brothers lying [singing] dead in Coffeyville.
Two voices [music and singing] called to you from where they stood.
Lay down [singing] your law books, [music] now they're no damn good. Better keep on [singing] moving, Doolin Dalton, [music] till your shadow [singing] sets you free.
>> [music] >> And if you're fast, and if you're lucky, >> [music] >> you will [singing] never >> [music] >> see that hanging tree.
Well, the towns [music and singing] lay out across the dusty plains, [music] like graveyards [singing] filled with [music] tombstones, waiting for the names. [singing] And a [music] man could use his back or use his brains, but some [music and singing] germs went stir crazy, Lord, cuz nothing ever changed till Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton. [music] He was working cheap, just bad and down. [music and singing] When he left, he said, "I'm going."
So, he [music] left that peaceful life behind.
>> [music] [singing] [music] [music] >> 21 and strong as I can be, I know [music] what freedom means to me.
And I can't give reason why I should ever want to die.
I've got no cause to be afraid.
What fear does life [music] ever bring?
Cuz as [singing] we watch the rising sun, I know that we have just begun.
I might [music] spend my life upon the road, just trying to add what [music] I know.
And someday I might settle down, and [music] all my friends will be around.
>> [music] [music] >> They say [music] a man should have a stock in trade, but me, [music] I'll find another way. [singing] I believe in getting what [music] you can, and there [singing] ain't no stopping this young man.
>> [music] >> Because I'm young and [singing] fast as I can be, I know what freedom means [music] to me.
And I [singing] can't give reason why I should [music] ever want to die.
Yeah, and I can't give reason [music] why I should ever want to die.
>> [music] [music] >> Oh, my little shot of whiskey, [music and singing] when the stars all shine down, WELL, I CAN HEAR THE NIGHT wind howl around.
It's [music] all right, old friend of mine.
WELL, I AIN'T HAD A WOMAN IN SO LONG, I need to feed [music] MY STARVING SOUL.
>> [singing] >> COME ON, SADDLE UP AND RIDE INTO TOWN, WE'RE GOING TO GET A [music] LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL.
THAT bartender [music and singing] in the bar ain't SMILING AT ME.
WELL, I JUST THREW A SILVER DOLLAR AND he told me [music] I could drink for free.
WELL, THE TOWN FOLK CALLED HIM A CHEAP ONE, AND THE GAMBLER CALLED HIM [music and singing] A FOOL.
COME ON, SADDLE UP AGAIN, I GOT them friends and I think I'M GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.
>> [music] >> OUT, OUT, OUT.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> JESUS, you are my [music] only calling.
I got to find my home.
>> [music] >> Well, if anybody's looking for trouble, [music] you know WHY I'M RUNNING, WANT TO CRY.
WELL, I'LL FIGHT ANY MAN WHO WANTS YOU, and [music] I don't care [singing] who or why.
YOU GOT THE GAMBLER ON HIS STORY, YOU GOT NO GUTS, YOU GET NO GLORY. [music] AND I BET MY MONEY ON A nation in a hole, AND I'M GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> YOU GOT IT NOW.
>> [music] >> Where's my baby?
Where'd she go, baby?
>> [music] >> It's another [singing and music] tequila sunrise, staring slowly across the [music and singing] sky.
He said, "Goodbye."
>> [singing and music] >> He was [music] just a hired [singing] hand, working [music] on the dreams he planned to try.
The days go [music and singing] by.
>> [music] >> Every night [singing] when the sun goes down, just another [music and singing] lonely boy in town.
And she's out [music and singing] running around.
She wasn't just another [music] [singing] woman, and I couldn't from [music] coming on. [singing] Been so [music] long.
Oh, and it's a hollow feeling when [singing and music] it comes down to dealing, friends.
It never [singing and music] ends.
>> [music] >> Take another shot [music and singing] of courage.
Wonder why the right words never come.
You just get numb. [music] It's [singing] another [music] tequila sunrise.
This old [music and singing] world still looks the same.
Another [singing and music] frame.
>> [music] >> Desperado, >> [music] >> why don't [singing] you come to your senses?
>> [music] >> You've been out [singing] riding fences for so long [singing] now.
Oh, you're a hard one, >> [music] >> but I know [singing] that you got your reasons.
These [music and singing] things that are pleasing you can hurt [singing] you somehow.
>> [music] >> Don't you draw the queen [singing] of diamonds, boy. She'll beat you [music] if she's able.
You know the queen of hearts is [music] always your best bet.
And it seems [singing and music] to me some fine things have been laid upon your table.
But you [music] only [singing] want the ones that you can't get.
>> [music] >> Desperado, [singing] oh, you ain't getting no younger.
Your pain [music] and [singing] your hunger, they're driving you home. [singing] And freedom, oh, freedom, well, that's just some people talking.
Your [music] prison [singing] is walking through this world all alone.
Don't your feet get [music and singing] cold in the wintertime?
The sky won't snow [singing] and the sun won't shine.
It's hard to tell the nighttime [music] from the [singing] day.
You're losing all [music] your highs and lows.
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
>> [music] >> Desperado, >> [music] >> why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences. [singing] Open [music] the gate.
It may be raining, but there's [music and singing] a rainbow above you.
You better [music] let somebody love you Let somebody love [music] [singing] you.
You better let somebody love you >> [music] >> before it's too late.
>> [music] [music] >> He was a poor [singing] boy raised in a small family.
He kind of had a craving for something [music] no one else could see.
They said that he [music] was crazy, the kind that no lady [singing] should meet.
He ran [music] off to the city and wandered around in [singing] the street. [music] He wants TO DANCE.
OH, YEAH, HE WANTS to sing.
Oh, [music] yeah, he wants to see the lights of flash and [singing] listen to the thundering. [music] He saw it in a window, [music] the mark of a new [singing] kind of man.
He kind of liked the feeling, so shiny and smooth in [music] his hand.
He took it to the country and practiced for days [music and singing] without rest.
And then one day he felt it.
He knew he could stand with the best.
[music] THEY GOT RESPECT.
OH, YEAH, [singing] he wants the same.
[music] Oh, yeah, and it's a certain >> [music] >> kind of crowd that likes to hear the sound of his own name.
>> [singing] [music] [music] >> A poster on a storefront, [music] the picture of a wanted man.
>> [music] >> He had a reputation spreading like fire through the land.
>> [music] >> It wasn't for the money, at least it didn't start that way.
It wasn't for the running, [music] but now he's running every day.
[music and singing] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I am an outlaw. I was born an outlaw's son.
>> [music] >> The highway's my legacy. On the highway I will run. [music] In one hand I have a Bible, in the other I got a gun.
But don't you know me? I'm the [music] man I want.
Woman, don't try to love me. Don't try to understand. [music] A life upon the road is the life of an [music] outlaw man.
>> [singing] [music] >> First I left my woman, it was down in Santa Fe.
Met a folk from home, [music] I was riding night and day.
All my friends are strangers, [music] they quickly come and go.
And all my [singing] loves in danger, cuz I steal hearts and souls.
Woman, don't try [music] to love me, don't try TO UNDERSTAND. [singing] A LIFE upon the road [music] is the life of an outlaw man.
>> [music] [music] [music] >> Woman, don't try to love me, don't try to understand.
>> [singing] >> A [music] life upon the road is the life of an outlaw >> [singing] [music] [music] >> Some men call [music] me Abel, some men call me Cain.
>> [music] >> Some men call me sinner, [music] Lord, some men call me saint.
>> [music] >> Some say that I'm a genius, some >> [music] >> say that I'm insane.
When you've got your [music] life to lose, well, there's nothing left to gain.
>> [music] >> Outlaw man.
>> [music] >> Outlaw man. [music] Seems like [music] a dream [singing] now, it was so long ago.
The moon [music] burned so bright and [singing] the time went so slow. And as [music] for that, I loved her and gave her a ring.
The bluebird [singing] was high [music] on the wing.
Whatever [music and singing] happened to Saturday night?
Finding a sweetheart and holding her [music and singing] tight.
She said, "Tell me, won't [singing] tell me, was [music] I all right?"
Whatever [singing] happened to Saturday night?
Years [music] [singing] brought the railroad, it ran by [music] my door.
Now there's [singing] boards on the windows [music] and dust on the floor. [singing] And she passes the time at another [music] man's side.
And I pass [singing] the time with my pride.
>> [music] >> What a tangled web [singing] we >> [music] >> weave going round with circumstance.
[music] [singing] Someone show me [music] how >> [singing] >> to tell the dancers from >> [singing and music] >> the dance.
>> [music] [music] [music] >> Whatever happened to Saturday night?
>> [music] >> Choosing [singing] a friend and losing a fight.
>> [music and singing] >> She said, "Tell me, won't tell me, are you [singing and music] all right?"
Whatever happened to Saturday night?
[music and singing] Whatever happened to Saturday [music] [singing] night?
>> [music] [music] >> Once [music] I was [singing] young and so unsure.
>> [music] >> I tried any [singing] ill to find a cure.
>> [music] >> An old man [singing] told me, >> [music] >> trying [singing and music] to scold me, "Woe, son, [music] don't wade [singing] too deep in Bitter Creek."
>> [music] >> Bitter Creek.
>> [music] >> Out where the desert [singing] meets the sky, [music] where I [singing] go when I want to [music] hide.
>> [music] >> O piñon >> [singing] >> O piñon She tried [music] to show me. Tried [singing] to show me.
You [music] know there ain't no cause [singing] to weep >> [music] >> at Bitter Creek. [singing] Bitter [music] Creek.
>> [music] [music] [music and singing] [music] >> We're going to [singing] hit the road one last time.
>> [music] >> We can [singing] walk right in and steal them blind.
>> [music] >> All [music and singing] that money All that money >> [music] >> No more [singing] running No more running I can't wait [music] to see the old [singing] man's face >> [music] >> when I win the [singing] race.
>> [music] >> Bitter Creek.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Well, the stage was set, the sun was sinking [singing] low down.
As they came to town to face another showdown.
The lawman cleared the people from [music and singing] the street.
All you bloodthirsty bystanders, [music] will you try to find you see watching them doing >> [music] >> to land all down.
High [singing] or low, >> [music] >> it's all the same.
Easy [music] money, faithless women, you will never kill [music] the pain.
Go [music] down, you fool, and don't you wonder why.
>> [music] >> Sooner or later, we all have to die.
Sooner [music] or later, that's just don't go back.
>> [music] >> Four [singing] men ride out and only three ride back.
>> [music] >> The queen of [singing] diamonds [music] let you down. She was just an empty fable.
The queen of hearts, >> [singing and music] >> you say, never met.
Your twisted fate has found [singing] you out, and it's finally turned [music] the table.
Stole your dreams and paid [music and singing] you with three gray desperado.
>> [music] >> Is there [singing] going to be anything left? Is there going to be You sealed your fate [music] away a long time Ain't it [singing] hard when you're all alone in the [music] sun and rain?
Now there's no time [singing] left to follow [music] Is there going to be anything left? Only stardust. [singing] [music] Maybe Maybe tomorrow. [singing] Maybe [music] tomorrow.
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