Songtext Under the gun Blondie

Under the gun

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 just had to go downtown
Throw his weight around for starting over"
Say did you hear I've got a band?"
Some guys I know from LAPut on Rio GrandeI'll pay you back next FridayYou know it sure ain't big
Just some cats I dig
They said; "They'd do the gig"
Oh DesperadoWhy don't you spend your life in Colorado?Oh restless shadow
Out in the blue hillsYou're feeling hollow
Oh El DiabloWhy did you spend your life in California?I should have warned ya?
No place to go now but falling over
Some guys can't make it on the run
Under the gun
Not for the younger
Oh Jack Daniel's 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 your love remained
My comrades lost in battle
The music was a din from London to SeattleWe all made you play and all our yesterdays
Are starting over
Oh DesperadoWhy don't you spend your life in Colorado?Oh restless shadow
Out in the blue hillsYou're feeling hollow
Oh, El DiabloWhy did you spend your life in California?I should have warned ya?
No place to go now but falling over