Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
　　You been out ridin' fences for so long now
　　Oh, you're a hard one
　　I know that you 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 ones that you can't get
　　
　　Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
　　Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
　　And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
　　Your prison is walking through this world all alone
　　
　　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
　　You're losin' 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 rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
　　You better let somebody love you, before it's too late