Desperado, why can'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 got your reasons
These things that are pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you try the queens 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 only want the ones that you can get
Desperado
Oh, you ain't getting you can get
Your pain and your hunger
They're driving you home with freedom
Oh, freedom
But that's just some people talking
Your prisoner's walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
The sky will snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're 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 above you
You'd better let somebody love
Before it's too late