Making his slow way across the pavement Past the run down inn Broken bottles and yesterday's newspapers Blowing in the wind City lights are winking in the distance Blocking out the stars The only other hearts near that are beating Are the rats beneath the cars Not a tumbleweed is seen No sand beneath his feet But the mind will wander freely as it can
Saddle up and he gallops through the dunes With a pistol strapped, beneath a silver moon As he nears the town where his foe lies still in wait Townfolk run, throw the bar doors open wide As his polished boots are first to step inside And he reaches down to his belt to seal his fate
Following the overgrown dark passage To the garden gate Up along the silent path of broken stones and dreams Where he stands and waits Not a tumbleweed is seen No sand beneath his feet But the mind will wander freely as it can
And from his belt he draws The key to his front door It opens with a slow reluctant groan The peeling walls are brown And the bricks are crumbling down And the fraying threadbare mat says 'home sweet home' And his only foe lies there The mountain that's the stairs That must be overcome to reach his bed But all this time There's just one picture in his mind