i got a gun in my holster got a pony between my kness and i m goin to arizona pardon me boys if you pease i have been a desperado raped and pillaged across the plain and 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 just a rider in the rain well my mother s in st louis and my brides 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 just a rider in the rain i 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 well i m a son of the prairie and the wind that sweeps the plains and i m goin to arizona just a rider in the rain i m a rider in the rain i m a rider in the rain and he s 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 just a rider in the rain