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
