[Intro]
(Hooves in the canyon, wind in the pines)

[Verse 1]
Deep in the canyon, 'neath the blue sky
Where the dove and eagle fly.
Where the rivers cut loose
We rode the trail on my cayuse.
There beneath the red rock wall
I met my canyon bride so small.

[Verse 2]
Out near old Santa Fe
Seen her dance in a cabaret.
A desert flower, proud and warm
She placed in my hand a turquoise charm.
From that night I can recall
I called her my canyon bride to all.

[Verse 3]
The desert wind of New Mexico
Turned her dark hair all aglow.
She could make the cactus shake
And laugh at a rattlesnake.
In the starlight soft and tall
She was the fairest I ever saw.

[Verse 4]
But her father wished we’d never wed
Swore he’d take this drifter’s head.
Yet our love was strong, we married anyway
The riders chased but we got away.
Now in a distant mountain draw
We live in peace, far from her pa.

[Verse 5]
Years have rolled like a dusty stream
Children run where we once dreamed.
By the firelight’s gentle glow
We sing of the days in old New Mexico.
Time may fade that canyon wall
But I still thank fate for that canyon call.

[Outro]
(Ohh-lee-ay, in the canyon wide)
(Ohh-lee-ay, with my canyon bride)
(Ohh-lee-ay, where the night winds sigh)
Till the stars fall from the sky