Desperados Waiting For A Train Lyrics - The Highwaymen

(Kristofferson) 

I played the Red River Valley 

And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry 

An' run his fingers through 70 years of livin' 

An' wonder Lord, as ever, will that drill run dry? 

We were friends, me an this old man 

(All) 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

(Jennings) 

He's a drifter, and a driller of oil wells 

And an old-school man of the world 

He'd let me drive his car when he's too drunk to 

And he'd wink, and give me money for the girls 

And our lives were like some old western movie 

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(All) 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

(Nelson) 

From the time that I could walk, he'd take me with him 

To a bar, called the Green Frog Cafe 

And there were old men, with beer-guts and dominoes 

Lying about their lives while they play 

And I was just a kid, they called his sidekick 

(All) 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

(Cash) 

One day I looked up, and he's pushing 80 

And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin 

To me he's one of the heroes of this country 

So why is he all dressed up like them old men? 

Drinkin' beer and playing Moon in 42 

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(All) 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

(Nelson) 

The day before he died, I went to see him 

I was grown, and he was almost gone 

(Cash) 

So we just closed our eyes and dreamed of supper kitchens 

And sang another verse to that old song 

(Jennings spoken) 

Come on Jack, that son-of-a-gun's a-comin'. 

(All) 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train 

Like desperados waiting for a train