Album: Desperado (1973)

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• The queen of diamonds let you down
  She was just an empty fable
  The queen of hearts you say you never met
  Your twisted fate has found you out
  
  And it' fin'lly turned the tables
  Stole your dreams and paid you with regret
  Desperado
  (Is there gonna be anything left, is there gonna be anything?)
  You sealed your fate up a long time ago
  (Ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring?)
  Now there's no time left to borrow
  
  (Is there gonna be anything left?)
  Only stardust
  (Maybe tomorrow)
  Maybe tomorrow
  Maybe tomorrow
  Desperado
  Desperado
  
  Well the stage was set the sun was sinkin' low down
  As they came to town to face another showdown
  The lawmen cleared the people from the streets
  
  All you blood -thirsty bystanders, will you try to
  Find your seats?
  Watch 'em duelin'
  Doolin-Dalton
  High or low, it's all the same
  Easy money and faithless women
  You will never kill the pain
  
  Go down, Bill Doolin, don't you wonder why
  Sooner or later we all have to die?
  Sooner or later, that's a stone-cold fact
  Four men ride out and only three ride back Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

• Andy from FloridaTo R.E.G. - You're spot on, these lyrics are from the last track on the Desperado album, Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise, where they combined some left-over lyrics and included at the end of the album, (which I must say sounded great!) However, the lyrics shown are not in proper sequence as sang, adding to the confusion, lol
• R.e.g from New EnglandWhere's the lyrics? I'll admit I haven't heard "Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)", but these lyrics look like their from that song as they look to be touching on both "Desperado" and "Doolin-Dalton". Seriously, listen to the song while looking at these lyrics, they don't match. Only a song that combined the two would match these lyrics.
• Dave from MinneapolisTo Bonnie in Bonita. Did you know Glen Frey’s cousin worked at the Home Depot in Bonita Springs, FL? He was originally from Michigan.
• Bonnie from BonitaBill Doolin was my husband's great great great uncle. They didn't talk about him much as the black sheep. More about Uncle Luke Doolin who had a more respectable career as a gambler. Lol
• Mayank from Ranchi, IndiaUnder-rated song, it is a very good country classic with great dual-vocals by Henley and Frey.
• Rob from Woodbridge, VaI agree with Shelia.The Desperado album was more or less a story of the Old West.The Dalton Gang,Bittercreek,Coffeyville,ect.I have always thought that it would be cool if The Eagles would do a concert themed on this album some how.Mabye acting out each song in full costume or something like that.
• Oldpink from New Castle, InWonderful lyrics, and a nice country influence that does not overwhelm a rock band soul.
  The album it is on is fantastic, and it is definitely a proper concept album.
  Plenty of great songs, such as "Bitter Creek," "Desperado," and this one, among others.
  I just love the line "Two brothers lying dead in Coffeyville/Two voices spoke to you from where they stood/Lay down your law books, boy, they're no damn good"
  btw...the beating the Dalton's took at Coffeyville was handed out by...the town's citizens.
  True
  It turns out that there NEVER was such an incident as depicted in the movie "High Noon" in the west.
  It turns out that the average residents of the old west were tough enough not to be pushed around by some thugs riding into town.
• Robert from Glasgow, United KingdomI really love the reprise of this and Desperado at the end of the album. It's so lyrical and evocative. The Eagles are really underrated as lyricists. The lines "the queen of daimond let you down, she was just an empty fable. The queem of hearts she said you never met." is such an awsome reference to the metaphor in the song desperado. J. D. Souther's acoustic version is fantastic too, I wish he had sung on the eagles version he has such a great voice.
• Emily from Valencia, CaI am related to the "original" Dalton Gang and am actually named after one of them. The Dalton brothers are my distant cousins and although I do appreciate the fact that people are still talking a out them (and writting songs)I would just like to point out that one of the facts stated above is wrong. Emmett Dalton who participated in the Raid of Coffeyville, Kansas was shot 23 times, however, he did not die. As a matter of fact he survived until 1937 and even wrote a book in 1931 about his adventures with his brothers (don't believe a word you read though)!
• David from Longview, TxBill Dalton and Bill Dooling formed a gang and tried to rob the bank of Longview in East TX. One member of the gang killed and hanged and the others chased as far as OK before the posse gave up. In 1894
• Sheila from Canada, KyThis is one of my all-time favorite songs. To really appreciate it you have to listen to the entire album. I think the Desperado album was one of the first "theme" albums, where every song is part of a larger story.
• Sara Mackenzie from Middle Of Nowhere, Flnice song...so sad though. that western theme is nice.

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