I wanted to die in the desert

I planned it for twenty years

Alone with my God and my conscience

And not a sky pilot near

I meant what I said when I d**ed it

It threw a spell over me

The mesas the sand and the deadness

Was the place I wanted to be

I've roamed and traveled all over

I've stood on the brink of hell

I wooed it I coaxed it and I fought it

I was caught in its deadly spell

I said when I croaked that I'd go

To the desert to find my hole

The snakes the coyotes to watch over me

My headstone a lone yucca pole

The d**h that I've cheated so often

It has pulled its freight into town

I can't get back to the desert

I am broke not a penny I'm down

Life is a burden and not worth the while

I'll play that ace up my sleeve

It's poison quick stuff Saint Peter

Adios to the world I leave

Just throw my old hide in the cactus

Out where the desert wind moans

I wanted to die in the desert

Where the buzzards can peck on my bones