Desperado, why don't you come to me?
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
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 is just some people talking
Your prison is walking through this world all right now
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 nighttime from the day
Now you're losing all your eyes closed
Ain't it 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
Too late