I was only seventeen
Just a small town beauty queen
When a handsome guy
Went and got my eye
Such a sight to see
He said such a pretty face
Ought to see a far off place
A place where eagles fly
Where mountains touch the sky
A place so wild and free
Oh
Oh
Oh colorado
You got me messing with a desperado
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
Oh
Oh
Oh colorado
I gave my life away with nothing to show
And now I'm living with a man and a gun
I'm just a fool on the run
All the pretty things he said
Took my heart
Went to my head
But the soft guitars
The nights beneath the stars
Were a fantasy
He had such a wanted face
Wanted in most every place
I'm nothing in his hands
This devil
Not the man
That's what he lies with me
Oh
Oh
Oh colorado