Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out riding fences for so long now.
Oh, you're a hard one, but I know that you've got your reasons
These things that are pleasing you
Can hurt you some how
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts was always your best bet
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get, Desperado
Oh you ain't getting no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home
And freedom, oh freedom, that's just some people talking
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're losing all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate.
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
You better let somebody love you,
Before it's too late.