Desperado why don't you come to your senses,
you've been out ridin' fences
for so long now.

Oh, you're a hard one, but 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 that you can't get.

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youngerV your pain an' your hunger
they're drivin' me home.

An' freedom, oh, 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 an' the sun won't shine,
it's hard to tell the night-time from the day.

You're losin' all your highs an' lows,
ain't it funny how the feelin' goes a way.

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.