<P> `` Desperados Waiting for a Train '' is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1973 album Viva Terlingua . It subsequently appeared on Rita Coolidge 's 1974 album Fall into Spring , David Allan Coe 's third album , The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy ( 1974 ) , Tom Rush 's album Ladies Love Outlaws the same year , before Clark 's own rendition was released on his first LP , 1975 's Old No. 1 . Clark has stated that the song is about his grandmother 's boyfriend named Jack who was a grandfather figure to him . </P>
<P> `` Desperados Waiting for a Train '' is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1973 album Viva Terlingua . It subsequently appeared on Rita Coolidge 's 1974 album Fall into Spring , David Allan Coe 's third album , The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy ( 1974 ) , Tom Rush 's album Ladies Love Outlaws the same year , before Clark 's own rendition was released on his first LP , 1975 's Old No. 1 . Clark has stated that the song is about his grandmother 's boyfriend named Jack who was a grandfather figure to him . </P>
who wrote the song desperados waiting for a train
who wrote the song desperados waiting for a train
Guy Clark
Guy Clark