Desperado

カーペンターズのカレンも、イーグルスもいいけど、平井堅の歌う「Desperado（ならず者）」もいいので、歌詞を記しておきましょう（※）。

Desperado，
Why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out riding fences for so long now.
Oh， you're a hard one.
But I know you've got your reasons.
These things that are pleasing you
can hurt you somehow.

Don't 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， you know you ain't getting no younger
Your pain and your hunger，
They're driving you home.
And freedom， oh， freedom
Well， that's just some people taking
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't show and the sun won't shine.
It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
You're losing 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 raining，
But there's a rainbow above you.
You better let somebody love you，
Before it's too late.


（※）麒麟麦酒のラガー＆クラシックラガーのＣＦで流れているわけだが、ビールのようなパッケージンググッズでは、まあこういう情緒的訴求はいたしかたない。でも、ほんとうは、「まろやか酵母」とか「豊潤」とかに脚光を当てて欲しいなあ。ちなみに、このうた、リンダ・ロンシュタットも歌っているとのこと。