This proud wild land where the wind blows free
  Has always been a part of me
  It's in my blood, I just can't get it out
  For a hundred miles a man can see
  And be about as wild as he wants to be
  If he feels like shouting all he's gotta do is shout
    Where the purple mountains reach up high
  And look like they're gonna touch the sky
  Where the canyon walls have stood for a million years
  Where the days are hot, the nights are cold
  The desert sand looks just like gold
  These trails were carved in sweat and blood and tears
    Where the painted desert as you pass by
  Looks like a rainbow in the sky
  The cactus blooms in the early morning sun
  Where the nightwings sing and eagles fly
  The clouds paint pictures in the sky
  The coyotes howl tells you when the day is done
    I'm coming home, this time I'm gonna stay
  I'm coming home and I ain't never goin' away
  My feet are itching to get back home
  I've had the desert fever since I've been gone
  I need some loving so bad that I can't see
  When a woman looks a man in the eye
  You know it takes a man to satisfy
  Thinking about them girls is killing me
    I'm going home, going home
  Going home, I'm going home
  Going home, going home
  Going home