Lyrics to
Desperado

This version of Desperado was released by Alice Cooper in 1971.

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I’m a gambler and I’m a runner but you knew that when you layed 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

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About Lyrics and Desperado by Alice Cooper

The lyrics to Desperado are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Alice Cooper in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Desperado are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Alice Cooper and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Desperado back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Desperado by Alice Cooper in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Desperado" means the words set to the music of Desperado, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Desperado and the lyrics to Desperado are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Desperado, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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