Well the stage was set the sun was sinkin' lowdown As they came to town to face another showdown The lawmen cleared the people from the street All you blood-thirsty bystanders will you try to find your seat? Watch 'em deulin' Doolin-Dalton High or low it's all the same Easy money and faithless women You will never kill the pain Go down Bill Doolin don't you wonder why? Sooner or later we all have to die Sooner or later that's a ston e|-cold fact Four men ride out and only three ride back. The Queen of Diamonds let you down She was just an empty fable The Queen of Hearts you say you never met Your twisted fate has found you out And it's finally turned the table Stole your dreams and paid you with r e|-gret Desper-ado is there gonna be anything left is there gonna be You sealed your anything? fate up a long time ago ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring? Now there's no time left to borrow is there gonna be anything left? Only stardust Maybe Maybe tomorrow Maybe Maybe tomorrow Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado Desperado