got a gun in my holster got a horse between my knees and i m goin to arizona pardon me boys if you please i have been a desperado raped and pillaged cross the plain now i m goin to arizona just a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain and i m goin to arizona he s a rider in the rain oh my mother s in st louis and my bride s in tennessee so i m goin to arizona with a banjo on my knee he s a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain and i m goin to arizona he s a rider in the rain used to work in uncle s feed store while he was fightin in the war now i m goin to arizona ain t gonna work for him no more i m the son of the prairie and the wind that sweeps the plain so i m goin to arizona just a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain and i m goin to arizona he s a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain he s a rider in the rain and i m goin to arizona just a rider in the rain