the sands of silver to the Saphire canyon on the River of Jade I was followin' a gold sun settin' when suddenly the light began to fadea?¦ Chorus: I was ridin
Maria, you're still wild and restless And I can just see ya ridin' in a rodeo You might even make it down to Texas Or you might head out west to New Mexico
a little box canyon Got no companion Lord, don't I know how he feels Up there on the canyon rim Blows a cold coyote wind Buzzards grinnin' down
sun is sinking in the west The cattle go down to the stream The redwing settle in their nest Its time for a cowboy to sing Purple light in the canyon
I'm losin' control To a little longhaired outlaw who's a ridin' somewhere deep down in my soul He likes rock and roll Well he rides a pinto stallion down the canyons
wind And as I watched him ride away Headlong into the storm I think I finally figured out what we were ridin' for So I turned up my own collar Pushed down
name For Chief Joseph Nez Perce And down Davenport Canyon Pushin' seventeen head I swore to the foreman They'd come back alive That night in the canyon
Little John the hobo taught me how to ride the rail As he told me of the days he spent wranglin' on the trail From the canyons of north Texas to the rail
spent the summer running Just we two Just we two I followed you to Zion The four corners and the redwoods too The Mesa in Arizona The Grand Canyon and
The sun is sinking in the west The cattle go down to the stream The redwing settle in their nest Its time for a cowboy to sing Purple light in the canyon
in a little box canyon Got no companion Lord, don't I know how he feels Up there on the canyon rim Blows a cold coyote wind Buzzards grinnin' down