Your desperate ways are going to hurt you, 

Your desperate ways will make you cry 

You'll make your man pack up and leave you, 

Well, I'm that man that's sayin' good-bye 

All over town, girl, you've been runnin', 

all over town you're livin' high 

You forgot your home and the one who loves you, 

well, I'm that one that you left here to cry 



Chorus:

Well, your desperate ways are calling you, 

Every single night and you never can say no 

Some day when you're older and on your own, 

your desperate ways will leave you all alone 



Repeat First Verse 

Repeat Chorus