歌詞：

Desperado, why don"t you come to your senses?

亡命之徒 為何你還不清醒？

You been out ridin" fences for so long now

築起心牆 已如此之久

Oh, you"re a hard one

唉 你這個固執的傢伙

I know that you got your reasons

但是我知道你有你的理由

These things that are pleasin" you

那些現在讓你快樂之事

Can hurt you somehow

也能使你心痛

Don" you draw the queen of diamonds, boy

孩子 別抽那張方塊Q （方塊Q既可比喻金錢、權力，也可指物質化、難以高攀的女生）

She"ll beat you if she"s able

它/她會帶給你的只有傷痛

You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

你清楚紅心Q始終是你最好的選擇（紅心Q可喻指真愛）

Now it seems to me, some fine things

現在在我看來 一些好牌

Have been laid upon your table

已擺在桌前

But you only want the ones that you can"t get

可你眼裡只有那些你無法得到的

Desperado, oh, you ain"t gettin" no youger

亡命之徒 你已是年輕不再

Your pain and your hunger, they"re drivin" you home

痛苦與飢餓 逼你回頭

And freedom, oh freedom well, that"s just some people talkin"

自由，噢自由，那只是傳說

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

形單影隻 浪跡天涯

Don"t your feet get cold in the winter time?

難道你的雙腳在冬天不冷嗎？

The sky won"t snow and the sun won"t shine

天空不再飄雪 太陽不再閃耀

It"s hard to tell the night time from the day

無法再分辨白天與晝夜

You"re loosin" all your highs and lows

無法再感知快樂和悲傷

Ain"t it funny how the feeling goes away?

無悲無喜 渾渾噩噩 難道不可笑嗎

Desperado, why don"t you come to your senses?

亡命之徒 為何你還不清醒？

Come down from your fences, open the gate

敞開心門吧

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

也許會有風雨 但是雨後定有彩虹在你之上

You better let somebody love you, before it"s too late

你最好讓某人來愛你 在一切都太晚之前