Desperado, why dont you come to your senses?
You been out ridin fences for so long now,
Oh, youre a hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
These things that are pleasin you can hurt you somehow.

Dont you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, shell beat you if shes 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 you cant get.
Desperado, oh, you aint gettin no younger,
Your pain and your hunger, theyre drivin you home,
And freedom, oh freedom, well, thats just some people talkin
Your prison is walkin through this world all alone.

Dont your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky wont snow and the sun wont shine,
Its hard to tell the nighttime from the day.
Youre losin all your highs and lows,
Aint it funny how the feelin goes away?

Desperado, why dont you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin, but theres a rainbow above you.
You better let somebody love you,
Let somebody love you.
You better let somebody love you,
before its too late.