The Eagles - Desperado

guitar backing track

Beautiful ballad written by Eagles group members Glenn Frey and Don Henley. Mostly covered with piano accompaniment, but also covered by guitarists. "Desperado" was the last song the Eagles performed in concert in Bossier City, Louisiana on July 29, 2015. Shortly after (6 months) Glenn Frey died.

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
Lyrics © Cass County Music / Wisteria Music / Privet Music,
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.,
Universal Music Publishing Group, Red Cloud Music