Lyrics:

1993 album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
Writer: Glenn Frey, Don Henley

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 you can't get

Desperado, oh you ain't gettin no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin you home
And freedom, well that's just some people talkin
Your prison is walkin 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 feelin 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
You better let somebody love you before it's too late