Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Desperado Lyrics:
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You 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.
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 things 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 walkin',
Through this world all alone.

(And don't your feet get cold in the winter time?)
(The sky won't snow, the sun won't shine.)
It's hard to tell the nighttime 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, and open the gate.
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you,
You better let somebody love you,
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(You better let somebody love you,)
(You better let somebody love you,)
Before it's too late.


[DESPERADO]
[Written by: Glenn Frey [1] & Don Henley [2]
Performed by: Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash [3]
Appears on: American (Recordings) IV: The Man Comes Around-2002 [4] .

[1] Glenn Lewis Frey (born November 6, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan [1] )
is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as
one of the founding members of rock band Eagles. His first
professional recording experience was performing acoustic guitar and
background vocals on Bob Seger's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man." in 1968.
Frey and Seger would remain friends and occasional songwriting
partners in later years. Later, in L.A., Frey met Jackson Browne,
with whom he would also write songs.
After a stint in 1971 backing Linda Ronstadt, Frey helped form the
Eagles, playing guitar and keyboards. Frey wrote or co-wrote (often
with Don Henley) many of the group's songs, and sang lead vocal on a
number of Eagles hits. The Eagles broke up in 1980 and reunited in
1994, when they released the album, "Hell Freezes Over," mixing both
live tracks and four new songs. 2007 saw the release of the Eagles'
album Long Road Out of Eden.]

[2] Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas,
U.S.) is an American rock singer, songwriter and drummer, best known
as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful
Grammy Award winning solo career. In 1970, he moved to Los Angeles to
record an album with his early band, Shiloh. Shiloh's album was
produced by fellow Texan Kenny Rogers. Shortly thereafter, Henley met
Glenn Frey and they both became members of Linda Ronstadt's backup
band. As a result, they became their own act, the Eagles. All four of
the original Eagles are featured in the 1970 Ronstadt album Silk
Purse. Later, Linda also covered "Desperado".]

[3] June sings duet with Johnny on the lyrics in parentheses.]

[4] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: Desperado, Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash [end]