Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?   You've been out riding fences for so long now   Ah, you're a hard one   But I know that you've 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   Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table   But you only want the one that you can't get   Desperado, ah, you ain't gettin' no younger   Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home   Freedom, ah, freedom, that's just some people talkin'   You're a prisoner 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 night-time from the day   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 your fences and open the gate   It may be rainin' but there's a rainbow above you   You better let somebody love you...   You better let somebody love you before it's too late