I've seen the Joshua Tree

Got down on my knees

To the Virgin Mother I prayed

I've walked glass barefooted

Strolled 'cross the devil's hot coal

I've tried everything I swear

Oh but hey what can I say

I'm a desperate man

I said hey what can I say

I'm just a desperate man

Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo

Fortune teller told me

"No more last chances

"You got no future at all"

Oh but I ain't listenin'

You black-hearted gypsy

With a crucifix through her bedroom wall

Hey what can I say

I'm a desperate man

I said hey what can I say

I'm just a desperate man

Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo

Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo

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Yeah I'm a half-cock full-tilt scarred-hands-to-the-hilt

Don't-push-me grown-a*s man

Yeah flashin' light caution careful where ya cross her

'til she comes back again

Yeah hey what can I say

I'm a desperate man

Oh hey what can I say

I'm just a desperate man

Oh hey I said hey

Woah what can I say I'm a desperate man

Oh hey I said hey

I'm just a desperate man

Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo

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Grown-a*s man

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