Bandida

BANDIDA - Lyrics
She was born in Mexico daughter of a highwayman.
She was a desert rose in a rugged land.
So many things she didn’t know, and when the rose began to grow.
She fell out of love with a dangerous man.
The winds of change begin to blow. She tried to leave, he wouldn’t let her go.
She left him lying dead in the desert sand.

Oh, bandida, you never wanted to live this way.
Oh, bandida, running from day to day.
Where will tomorrow lead ya?
Can’t let nobody need ya.
Oh, bandida.

They were looking for her. She rode across the border.
Faster than a bullet through the Texas night.
She had a thirst for water, then the morning caught her.
Searching for a shadow in the bright sunlight.
Lord knows she’s been through enough and she feels like giving up.
But she can’t let ‘em take her freedom away.

Hiding out where nobody goes, it’s no kind of life for a desert rose.
She’s holding back her tears in her Spanish eyes.