A lonely spot I know where no man will go
Where the shadows have all the room
I was riding free on that old S-P
Humming a southern tune
When a man came along made me hush my song
Kicked me off away out there

As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right
The left and everywhere
All I could see was a cactus tree
A prairie dog playing there
I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed
That's his home away out there

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee
Then I threw down my load in the desert road
Rested my weary legs too
Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run
Across that barren plain
Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon
He gets lonesome way out there

Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies
Lost myself in dreams
I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land
Then I awoke with the dawn
There's a train coming back on the one-way track
Going to take me away from here

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee