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've 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
The queen of hearts is always your best friend
Well it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the things that you can't get

Desperado, you know you ain't gettin' younger
Your pain and your hunger, drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom
well there's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
And it's 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 rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
Let somebody love you, let somebody love you
Before it's too late.