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Desperado, why


 don't you com

         
e to your sens

                  
es?
              
You been out r

 
idin’ fences f

   
or so long now
              
Oh, you're a h

       
ard one, I kno


w that you got

      
 your reasons,
             
These things t

            
hat are pleasi

     
n' you can hur

           
t you somehow
 
 
              
Don't you draw

  
 the queen of 

           
diamonds boy,
            
She'll beat yo

              
u if she's abl

             
e,
              
You know the q

          
ueen of hearts

              
 is always you

      
r best bet
            
Now it seems t

              
o me some fine

        
 things have b

              
een laid upon 

            
your table
            
But you only w

              
ant the ones y

      
ou can't get
 
 
           
Desperado, oh 


you ain't gett

   
in' no younger

             
,
          
Your pain and 

       
your hunger, t

   
hey're drivin'

    
 you home
         
And freedom, o

              
h freedom, wel


l that's just 

              
some people ta

 
lkin'
           
Your prison is

   
 walkin' throu

              
gh this world 

      
all alone
 
 
              
Don't your fee

  
t get cold in 

              
the winter tim


e ?
      
The sky won't 

              
snow and the s

             
un won't shine
      
It's hard to t

             
ell the nightt

              
ime from the d

             
ay
           
You're losin' 

              
all your highs

 
 and lows
            
Ain't it funny

              
 how the feeli

                     
n' goes away
 
 
           
Desperado,    

 
 why don't you

         
 come to your 

                      
senses
           
Come down from

           
 your fences, 

#      
open the gate
              
It may be rain

   
in',  but ther

              
e's a rainbow 

    
above you
              
You better let

   
 somebody love

 
 you,  (let so

      
mebody love yo

     
u)
              
You better let

    
 somebody love

  
 you before it

      
's too late
 
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