El Dorado

El Dorado

Find myself lookin' down on a canyon

But the next one's the same as before

The trail's so damn rocky and the Sun's so damn hot

I don't know where I'm headed anymore

And it's hard to remember the first time I drew my gun

The faces return in the night

The past is all echoes and shadows anymore

I think I lost my taste for the fight

That is the fate of the old desperado

Better the angels to claim you than the long ride alone

Someone would have long ago found El Dorado

So luck to you, cowboy, I'm movin' on

Play your cards as they lay on the table

Should've ended a long time ago

The only place that ever really mattered to me

Was the one place I just couldn't go

And the stars, when they shine, how they light up the night

Smell the rain comin' in on the wind

Though my eyes are so heavy, I remember tonight

When the world was just waitin' to begin

That is the fate of the old desperado

Better the angels to claim you than the long ride alone

Someone would have long ago found El Dorado

So luck to you, cowboy, I'm movin' on

But the easy will blind you, the road will unwind you

Remind you how far you've gone

He closed his eyes from the heavens

His breathing slowed down to a crawl

The clouds opened up like a dam broken down

And I just sat there and let the rain fall

That is the fate of the old desperado

Better the angels to claim you than the long ride alone

Someone would have long ago found El Dorado

So luck to you, cowboy, I'm movin' on