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