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聽過這首歌十五年了，第一次認真看這首歌的歌詞~Desperado。

年輕的時候常常和同學參加歌唱比賽，第一次是在大專盃聽到參賽者演唱這首歌，從比賽的角度來看，這首歌用吉他伴奏就相當有感覺，而且可以突顯演唱者的實力，所以，在當時幾乎每一屆都有人會演唱這首歌曲參賽。這麼多年來, 就這麼聽著這首歌一次又一次的傳唱，卻完全不求甚解，甚至連歌詞都沒有認真了解過。直到我最愛的歌手之一-平井堅，在2004年發行的單曲專輯「輕閉雙眼」中，同時收錄了用鋼琴伴奏襯托平井堅特殊嗓音的desperado，第一次認真地看了Desperado 的歌詞...

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' 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 youger
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 loosin' 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  

[老鷹合唱團]
1971年由主唱兼鼓手Don Henley、主唱兼吉他手Glenn Frey、貝斯手Randy Meisner、主奏吉他手Bernie Leadon四人組成的老鷹合唱團（The Eagles）在加州正式誕生，這個團名「老鷹」不僅是美洲原住民印第安人的守護使者，亦是美國文化的象徵。老鷹合唱團具美國音樂承先啟後的地位，第二張專輯「Desperado」發行於1973年，是一張以十九世紀末美國中西部的法外之徒為概念的作品。因此專輯封面與曲式上都顯示出濃厚的大西部荒涼、不法之徒橫行的特色。