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 you got your reasons The things that are pleasing you will hurt you somehow Don't you call on 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 always want the things you can't get Desperado, you ain't getting no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home Freedom, oh freedom, there's just some people talking Your prison is walking through this world all alone Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime? The sky won't show, the sun won't shine It's hard to tell the night time from the day Now you're losing all your eyes closed And it's funny how the feeling goes away Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? Come down from your fences and open the gate It's raining, but there's a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you Let somebody love you You better let somebody love you Before it's too late Desperado