Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
—Glenn Frey and Don Henley
Sing sweetly, sadly, gravely.
Ways to fail to change an American mind, even with a solid hook and a bridge to die for
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Ways to fail to change an American mind, even with a solid hook and a bridge to die for
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
—Glenn Frey and Don Henley
Sing sweetly, sadly, gravely.
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