When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagiousīut I made up my mind that I had to go on We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous 'Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind
If I carry it out it'll bring a good price He said, there's a body I'm tryin' to find We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice I still can't remember all the best things she said If I only could hang on and just be her friend How she told me that one day we would meet up againĪnd things would be different the next time we wed I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklaceĪs we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold I was thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold I said, that's the best news that I've ever heard I said, where are we goin', he said we'd be back by the fourth I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word We set out that night for the cold in the North Said, I got no money, he said, that ain't necessary He said, are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes downĪ man in the corner approached me for a match I hitched up my pony to a post on the right I came to a high place of darkness and lightĭividing line ran through the center of town So I cut off my hair and I rode straight awayįor the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong