But you've got to show me love Words are so easy to say So baby if you want me You've got to show me love Heartbreaks and promises I've had more than my share I'm tired of giving my love And getting nowhere, nowhere It's been so long since I touched a

Alberta, Alberta, Where you been so long? Ain't had no loving Since you've been gone. Where'd you stay last night? Girl, you're on my mind. Alberta, Alberta Come home this morning, Clothes don't fit you right

Take these crazy hearts Can't you hear the noise? Get out of those lonely arms, my dear And turn into the morning light You've been waiting for so long Need to get yourselves from going Need to get ourselves from

You've chased down every last mile Show me the way back home 'Cause I've been out there running For way too long And all that I've learned And just when you think There's always another one I need someone to show me the way back home So many lost souls

So long, so long I have erased you I have escaped Your name, your face Is all you have left now You've been erased I've wanted to waste you The bitter taste of you As your world disassembles

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses, You'd better let somebody love you, You've been out ridin' fences for so long now, Oh and you're a hard one, but I know that you've got your reasons, The things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.

Been so long (so long, so long) You've been so long Been putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long) See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years It's been so long And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline Just be still with me

I've been waiting waiting waiting You help me lose my mind And you bring me something I can't define What I felt before Keep biding my time, How much longer? (What you've become) Help me lose my mind, make me wonder Who've I been waiting for

You're still there for me, wherever there might be And if an ocean lies between us I'll send a message across the sea That you can sleep tonight, knowing it's alright I believe that you were listening to my song You've been here all along You're with me

You better let somebody love you, Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out ridin' fences for so long now. Oh, you're a hard one, But I know that you've got your reasons. These things that are pleasin' you, Can hurt you somehow. Don't