Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

You been out ridin fences for so long now

Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons

These things that are pleasin you can hurt you somehow



Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy

She'll beat you if she's able

You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table

But you only want the ones you can't get



Desperado, oh you ain't gettin no younger

Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin you home

And freedom, well that's just some people talkin

Your prison is walkin 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 night time from the day

You're losin all your highs and lows

Ain't it funny how the feelin goes away



Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

Come down from your fences, open the gate

It may be rainin, but there's a rainbow above you

You better let somebody love you

You better let somebody love you before it's too late