desert wind

city lights

been treatin' me right

on this side of the wall

i'm thinkin' it's time

to turn on a dime

for the sierra madre call

i caught wind

from a friend of a friend

of mighty wealth untold

if the stories are true

nothin' left to do

but head down to mexico

desert wind

blowin' me away again

now you're my only friend

i've got left to call

bought a two-bit mule

from a horse-theivin' fool

to cross the rio grande alone

i had to steer clear

but i had not a fear

where the federale roamed

once i was through

i knew what to do

had to send that old mule home

i'm now on the trail

that lead most to hell

after pancho villa's gold

desert wind

blowin' me away again

now you're my only friend

i've got left to call

desert wind

blowin' me away again

now you're my only friend

i've got left to call

followed the words

that i'd been told

amongst the hillside shadows cold

when i talked to him

i caught a chill

for the cavern it did hold

the answers to questions

that i never had

with riches i could hold

but truth of a man

ain't built with hands

or pancho villa's gold

it's that desert wind

blowin' me home again

now you're the only friend

that i'll ever call

it's that desert wind

blowin' me home again

now you're the only friend

i'll ever call