i came in like a restless wind on a wagon train but i m gonna go like a july snow back to where i came from gonna leave this humdrum it s too slow and tame none of your business where i ve been don t ask me what i ve done run your ranch and punch your cows and stay behind my gun man colorado s right hand will put you on the run i got a gal in denver town that s crying over me but i said goodbye and i let her cry i miss her company but i ll get out of this rut rio bravo s killing me they got a man locked in a cell that s a freer man than i he s gonna laugh right in their face when they lead him out to die and he s gonna leave these badlands and ride off in the sky you re gonna see old colorado headin for the door you better believe i m gonna leave like the 904 train gonna breathe some air again that ain t been breathed before