Desperado Why don't you come to your senses Ben out ridin' fences, for so long now Oh, you're a hard one But I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin' you Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet But it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones you can't get
Desperado Oh, you ain't gettin' no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin' Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day And you're losin' 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 those fences, open the gate It may be rainin', 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