Desperados Under The Eaves Lyrics

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty Margaritas in Los Angeles
I'm gonna drink 'em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like desperadoes under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
And I'm trying to find a girl who understands me
But except in dreams you're never really free

Don't the sun look angry at me
I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian hotel
I was listening to the air conditioner hum
It went mmm, mmm, mmm

Look away down Gower Avenue, look away
Look away down Gower Avenue, look away
Look away down Gower Avenue, look away
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Warren Zevon - A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon

Oct 1990

1. Play It All Night Long
2. The Envoy
3. Mohammed's Radio
4. Desperados Under The Eaves
5. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
6. Ain't That Pretty At All
7. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
8. Accidentally Like A Martyr
9. Looking For The Next Best Thing