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Desperado

Eagles · 1973

Desperado by Eagles (1973) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Why don't you come to your senses?
  • You've been out ridin' fences for so long now
  • Oh, you're a hard one
  • I know that you got your reasons

Echo the hook

  • You better let somebody love you
  • (Let somebody love you)
  • You better let somebody love you
  • Before it's too late
don'tdesperadosomebody

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You've been outfences for so long now

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thesethat are pleasin' you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, you ain'tno younger

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Well,just some people talkin'

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You'reall your highs and lows

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Buta rainbow above you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why don't you come to your senses?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know that you got your reasons

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Can hurt you somehow

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She'll beat you if she's able

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They're drivin' you home

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Why ? you come to your senses?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

These ? that are pleasin' you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Have been ? upon your table

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Well, ? just some people talkin'

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You're ? all your highs and lows

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "desperado" in the whole song?

"desperado"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
  • Have been laid upon your table
  • Why don't you come to your senses?

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Come down from your fences
  • Freedom, oh freedom
  • Oh, you're a hard one

Exercise 26

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

don'tdesperadosomebodysenses

Exercise 27

"Desperado" was released in 1973. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

don'tdesperadosomebodysenses

Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Desperado" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

don'tdesperadosomebodysenses

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • you've→
  • you're→
  • she's→
  • can't→
  • they're→

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Desperado" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

don'tdesperadosomebodysenses