Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses,
You’ve been out ridin’ fences for so long now.
Oh, 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.
The queen of hearts is always you’re 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.
Freedom, oh, freedom, well that’s just some people talkin’.
Your prison is walkin’ 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 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 rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you,
You better let somebody love you, let somebody love you,
You better let somebody love you, before it’s too late.
1973 – Glenn Frey and Don Henley – Performed by The Eagles – Album: Desperado