Leaving El Paso

Intro Adios, my friend, we're leaving El Paso All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told We're heading up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto On the trail of the conquistadores towards the Santa Fe sun verse 1 Say goodbye to those Mexican women down at The H&H Car Wash Café All their huevos rancheros and that red enchilada plate Where a 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, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto Following the conquistadores to the Santa Fe sun Interlude verse 2 Remember that old cowboy song about Rosa's Cantina? Around the jukebox at Rosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it long Staring up at Mt. 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, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told We're hooking 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 towards the Santa Fe sun Outro