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
When you're in love
You're such a fool, don't you know?

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
I give 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
He's devil, not a man
That's what he lies with me

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
You got me messing with a desperado
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
When you're in love
You're such a fool, don't you know?

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
I give 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

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
You got me messing with a desperado
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
When you're in love
You're such a fool, don't you know?

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
I give 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

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
You got me messing with a desperado
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
When you're in love
You're such a fool, don't you know?

Oh, oh, oh, Colorado...