Blondie - Under the Gun (For Jeffrey Lee Pierce) lyrics

I still can picture him: his
Hands in his back pockets
He wasn't much for words
But when the wise kids made a racket
He'd just have to go downtown
Throw his weight around before starting over

"Say did you hear I've got a band?
Some guys I know from LA
We'll own the Rio Grande
I'll pay you back next Friday
You know it sure isn't big
Just some cats I dig
They said they'd do the gig"

Oh Desperado
Why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
Oh Restless Shadow
Out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow

Oh El Diablo
Why did you spend your life in California?
I should have warned you
No place to go now but falling over

Some hands can't make it on the run
Under the gun not for the younger
Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger

I know you did your best
But you thought that you did not
I wish that I had known before
I heard the last shot
You know, it's not a sin
That little badge of tin just a momento

So sad you loved in vain
My comrades lost in battle
The music wars are done
From London to Seattle
We all pay to play and all
Our yesterdays are starting over

Oh Desperado
Why don't you spend your life in Colorado?
Oh Restless Shadow
Out on the blue hills you're feeling hollow

Oh El Diablo
Why did you spend your life in California?
I should have warned you
No place to go now but falling over

Ready to die now he's ready to die