[Verse 1]

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

I know that you've got your reasons

These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow

[Verse 2]

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 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

[Verse 3]

Desperado

You ain't getting younger

Your pain and your hunger are driving you home

And freedom, oh, freedom

That's just some people talkin'

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

[Verse 4]

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 night time from the day

And you're losing all your highs and lows

Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

[Verse 5]

Desperado

Why don't you come to your senses?

Come down from your fences and open the gate

It may be rainin'

But there's a rainbow above you

You better let somebody love you

Let somebody love you

Before it's too late