Desperado lyrics

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses

You've been out ridin' fences for so long now

Oh and you're a hard one, but I know

That you've got your reasons

The 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 you can't get.

Desperado, 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 wintertime

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine

It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day

And 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- open the gates

It may be rainin, but there's a rainbow above you

You'd better let somebody love you, let somebody love you.

You'd better let somebody love you

Before it's too late...

• Artist:Kenny Rogers
• Album:Daytime Friends (1977)