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 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.
The queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table,
you only want the ones that you can't get.
Desperado,
oh,
you
ain't getting no younger.
Your pain and your hunger,
they're driving you home.
Oh, freedom,
well, that's just something for talking.
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.
Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?
Oh, death,
losing all your highs and lows.
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado,
why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences,
open the gate.
It may be raining,
but there's a rainbow up
above you.
You better let somebody love you.
You better let somebody love you.
Oh, you better
let somebody love you before
it's too late.