Lyrics

When the moon is bright it turns night to day
In the desert of New Mexico
And you should watch your step for the rattlesnake
Cause when they bite they don't let go
But there are stranger things that terrify me more
And I just wanted you to know
Before I chart my path and walk alone down the arroyo

I left Old Mesilla
And I headed toward John Tunstill's land
Where Billy the kid killed twenty-one men
With a slight of his hand
But there are deadlier things that scare the hell outta me
I don't think you would understand
If I told you what I've seen out here in the sand

When I was younger and my dad would take me out
Into the desert at night
I swear I saw them falling from the skies
He told me not to tell lies

So I went out into the wilderness
Cause I heard that's where you'd be
But in a strange turn of events instead
The one I found out there was me
And people used to say I shouldn't go that way
The slopes are slippery and steep
But on this narrow path
There's danger right in front of me

When I got older then my brother took me out
Into the desert at night
"El Chupacabra's coming for you little boy"
I begged him not to tell lies

Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Socorro, Los Alamos
Santa Fe, Magdalena, Las Cruces, Roswell

My kids are older now it's time I take them out
Into the desert at night
Show them the skies beyond the ambient light
"See, there's no need to tell lies"