Roll on desperado Run on back to them hills Roll on desperado Move on before you're found Better cover up you've spent some time showing your face Now they know a little more of you than they should Seems this time you've got away and you'll be alright But the burden that you bear from what you lost is now a poison in your mind Roll on Desperado Run on back to them hills Roll on Desperado Move on before you're found Never knew something as beautiful is something you can't steal After all the towns you've run across just to get your fill Thought you'd settle down and surely find some better days But the gavel in your mind from all the crime has kept you riding in the rain All those endless nights you've had to spend alone Have calloused you bitter to the bone So roll on desperado Caught you on the border line sleeping on the ground Del Rio ain't no place for a wanted man out running from the hounds Bound you up and dragged you off to the gallows pole Better say a prayer if you'd like the chance in fighting for your soul Desperado