Desperado,
why don't you come to your senses,
you've been outright on 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 somehow.
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
She'll beat you if she's able,
No, the queen of hearts is always your best bet,
Now seems to me some fine things
have been laid upon your table,
But you only want the ones that you can't get.
Desperado,
Ah you ain't gettin' no younger,
Your pain and your hunger,
they're driving you home.
Freedom, oh, freedom.
That's been some people talking.
You're a prisoner walking through
this world alone.
Don't you feed your cold in the winter time,
Sky won't snow and the sun won't shine,
It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
You're losing 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 fenses,
and 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.