Leaving El Paso

Adiós, my friends

We're leavin' El Paso

All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry

And all the stories have been told

We're headin' up north now

Up the Jornada del Muerto

On the trail of the conquistadores

Toward the Santa Fe sun

Say goodbye to those Mexican women

Down at the H&H car wash café

All their huevos rancheros

And that red enchilada plate

Where the mountain lion walked in one day

So thirsty for water, they say

But the cops took him down

Inside the car wash front gate

So it's adiós, my friends

We're leavin' El Paso

All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry

And all the stories have been told

We're hookin' it up north now

Up the Jornada del Muerto

Following the conquistadores

To the Santa Fe sun

Hey, you remember that old cowboy song

About Rosa's Cantina?

Around the jukebox at Rosa's

We sang it loud and we sang it long

Starin' up at Mount Cristo Rey

Where the cowboy rode down to his fate

To die in the arms of Felina

Man, that was a hell of a song

So it's adiós, my friends

We're leavin' El Paso

All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry

And all the stories have been told

We're hookin' it up north now

Up the Jornada del Muerto

On the trail of the conquistadores

Toward the Santa Fe sun

Following the dry old Rio Bravo

Toward the Santa Fe sun