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.