Warren Zevon's Desperados Under the Eaves has one of the finest codas in rock/popular music, and some really interesting/weird/genuinely brilliant lyrics.

This is a video about how the song does what it does, and how it fits into the album on which it appears. Along the way, I talk about Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd's the Wall, and a bunch of other stuff.

The song is one of the rare examples of through composition in popular music (or at least the first half is).

Enjoy!

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