[Chorus]
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out riding fences for so long now
Oh you're a hard one, and I know that you got your reasons
But these things that are pleasing you can hurt you somehow

[Verse 1]
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able, or 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't get

[Chorus]
Desperado, woah, you ain't gettin' no younger
All your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'
'Cause your prison is walking through this world all alone

[Verse 2]
And don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
And you're loosing all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling just goes away?

[Chorus]
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come on down from your fences and open the gate
It may be raining, but there's a rainbow up above you
You better let somebody love you (Let somebody love you)
Oh you better let somebody love you, before it's too late