Verse 1:
I’m a desperado lacin’ up my saddle/
Life ain’t a game but every move’s a gamble/
Many people on my way tried to make me examples/
But I’m still standin’ with their heads over my mantle/
They herd like cattle when I step into the building/
I’m the duke John Wayne “let’s go pilgrim”/
Ready and willin’ to go down in a Talespin/
Outlaw Baloo the Bear spend all day drinkin’/
Don’t mix shit/
straight on the rocks/
Been down this road so much before there’s holes in my socks/
And this here road/
Can sure get lonely/
The blood on my clothes is considered a trophy/
I’m a desperado desperado’s out for money/
Starin’ at the sunset all alone and it’s lovely/
Cross me the wrong way things will get ugly/
And through all this shit I thank God
At least my mama love me/
 
Chorus:
And I’m a Desperado/
(You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me)
And trouble follows me wherever I go/
(You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me)
Sleep with one eye open and stay on my toes/
(You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me)
And I’m no longer sure ‘bout anything I know/
Live fast and die slow/

Verse 2:
And I’m a desperado ain’t no tamin’ me silly/
Real life outlaws like Waylon and Willie/
Grew up idolizing Billie the Kid/
Runnin’ round the city with toy guns/
shootin’ at the kids/
Never thought that as adults we’d all be lookin’ at bids/
And ‘yall already know who it is/
You are now in the presence of a legend/
Been spittin’ on the regular since 1997/
Been dreamin’ of this day since I was an adolescent/
Stealin’ liquor out the cabinet getting high off decongestants/
Every move is an investment/
Get it straight through the brain/
You’re can be the passenger/
Or the outlaw robbin’ the train/
Watch the blood drip down the drain/
Ain’t no cleanin’ the stains/
Ain’t no release from this pain/
When the sun goes down/
I’m just getting started/
Out in the wild wild west land of the cold hearted/

Chorus

Bridge:
And I’m a Desperado/
Wherever I go/
And I’m a Desperado/
Stay on my toes/
And I’m a Desperado/
Everything I know/
And I’m a Desperado/
Live fast and die slow/

Verse 3:
Desperado why don’t you come to your senses/
Come down from your fences because your life is senseless/
You’re either too defensive or you’re on the offensive/
I smile to your face/
but looks can be deceptive/
Lost my true love/
'cuz I couldn’t put down the bottle/
But smiled as I left/
that’s a desperado/
Mama’s don’t let/
your babies become cowboys/
Dress them in corduroys and let em be choirboys/
'Cuz they never stay home/
And they’re always all alone/
Stay out all night/
wear too much cologne/
Don’t worry about no one except themselves/
Don’t talk to anyone/
except for himself/
Smellin' of smoke/
and reakin' of liquor/
It doesn’t take a saint to know there’s no heaven for sinners/
It’s the life that I chose and I am a survivor/
I'm a desperado/
a horse with no rider/

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