**LYRICS**

I was desperate, Just needed a paycheck/ Maybe a college education, thought, what the heck
Just sign next to dotted line, maybe in due time/ All that I been dreaming about, could be mine
But I was, ignorant, Didn't know what I was gettin in/ Fresh outta highschool, still just a little kid back then
Me and some friends, think it totalled bout eight of us/ Signed our lives to our nation didn't think of our fate that much
Now we're marching in thier boots and eating thier food/ Getting screamed at by chief and learning all their damn rules
Uniform was damn cool, Rico suave, Dress blues/ Didn't realize at the time, we was just some more tools
Fool no more, I won't settle your score/ Promise to the constitution, not some industry whores
Had to take a minute and pause, cause realization had dawned/ Americans the terrorists, who we protecting liberty from?


 Chorus 1
And that's the moment, I became a desperado/ Man without a plan, just standing at the crossroads
Fork in the foreground, wondering where do I go/ Decisions up to this, are all based on survival


Bridge 1
 About that time again, I started burnin hydro/ Fuck the chain of command, and your rules how high can I go?
L after L I blow, cause hell, I know/ Piss away a UA and go from hell back to home


Verse 2
He was desperate, another night in a cold tent/ In a land he never planned to, or thought he'd be sent
Mind bent, searching for some understanding/ In the distance he hears bombs, gunfire and helo's landing
Demanding, from higher ups, a reason for the devistation/ If it weren't for luck, his creator, he might be facin
Not for his nation, he already knew this/ Leaders still can't agree on the reason why we do this
Just lost his unit, that's why he was transferred here/ Still in shock, sargent just thinks it's fear
Monger of war, he made his postion clear/ Battle hardened heartless man, he never shed a tear
So as punishment for questioning his government/ Jason got 4 weeks of convoy, at the front of it
And ran his luck to shit, cause on night number three/ the truck Jason drove, hit an I.E.D.


Chorus 2
And that's the moment, He became a desperado/ Man without a plan, just standing at the crossroads
Fork in the foreground, wondering where do I go/ Decisions up to this, are all based on survival


Bridge 2
And as he lay there, bleeding out in the sand/ Sidearm in his hand, in his vision was the man
He, hate and dispised, for all this pain and lies/ J's last thought before he died, he aimed at sarge and took his life


Verse 3
He was desperate, tipped the bottle to the last drip/ wishing the reminising and dreams would all quit
Ocean of depression, was restlessly swimming in/ No sleep, when he closed his eyes, all he'd see is kids
And women, and men, and the things that he had did/ Begging for forgiveness, why didn't he question then?
He picked up his pen, put it to the paper/ Didn't know who to address it too, thought, he'd do it later
Wrote how he favored, killing and it made him sick/ Still lost for the cause of why he turned out like this
Just followed orders, didn't know they'd abandon him/ Back in his own borders, no crutch to stand up with
Wrote all he saw in afghanistan and iraq/ Reread the letter, signed it Sgt. Nathan Plast
Thought to next task, knew it'd be simple/ Grabbed the pistol off the table, Put it to his temple.

chorus 3
And that's the moment, He became a desperado/ Man without a plan, just standing at the crossroads
Fork in the foreground, wondering where do I go/ Decisions up to this, are all based on survival

Bridge 3
Full of fear, as a tear slipped his cheek/ Picked up his glass, finished his last drink
Glanced in the mirror with a smile and a wink/ Gave his hand a little squeeze, last thing he felt was heat

Last Chorus
And that's the moment, You became a desperado/ Man without a plan, just standing at the crossroads
Fork in the foreground,

Desperado

J. Beazy of D.B.M.