Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?Â
You been out ridin' fences for so long nowÂ
Oh, you're a hard oneÂ
I know that you got your reasonsÂ
These things that are pleasin' youÂ
Can hurt you somehowÂ
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boyÂ
She'll beat you if she's ableÂ
You know the queen of hearts is always your best betÂ
Now it seems to me, some fine thingsÂ
Have been laid upon your tableÂ
But you only want the ones that you can't getÂ
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youngerÂ
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you homeÂ
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'Â
Your prison is walking through this world all aloneÂ
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?Â
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shineÂ
It's hard to tell the night time from the dayÂ
You're losin' all your highs and lowsÂ
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?Â
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?Â
Come down from your fences, open the gateÂ
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above youÂ
You better let somebody love you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late