Away Out There

A lonely spot I know where no man will go

Where the shadows have all the room

I was riding free on that old S-P

Humming a southern tune

When a man came along made me hush my song

Kicked me off away out there

As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right

The left and everywhere

All I could see was a cactus tree

A prairie dog playing there

I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed

That’s his home away out there

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee

Then I threw down my load in the desert road

Rested my weary legs too

Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run

Across that barren plain

Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon

He gets lonesome way out there

Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies

Lost myself in dreams

I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land

Then I awoke with the dawn

There’s a train coming back on the one-way track

Going to take me away from here

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee

Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee