Lyrics

Two Ragged Drifters

With a saddle bag of money
We left that western town
A steep Mountain pass
We had to climb

That scorching dessert
Almost made us loose our mind
But we hung on strong
Until sundown

Our picture posted
In every town we’d go
We could only hide for just so long

Two ragged drifters
On their way to Mexico
Hungry for a life that’s better
A life we’ll never know

Riding through the night
We spent 6 months on the run
Our coats were worn
to tattered threads

The tumble weed
and the bright red cactus flowers
Black hungry Buzzards overhead

400 miles of dry riverbeds
Our horse’s barely survived
Bounty hunters seeking silver for our head
We were wanted dead or alive
We were wanted dead or alive

I heard a shot
The sun blazing in our eyes
And her body
Fell onto the ground

I held her head up
While she whispered in my ear
Just take the saddlebags and ride

We saw our picture posted
In every town we’d go
But we could only hide for just so long

Two ragged drifters
On their way to Mexico
Hungry for a life that’s better
A life we’ll never know

Two ragged drifters
On their way to Mexico
Longing for a life together
A life we’ll never know