Just a little farther, up around the bend There's a big old sign tells me "Welcome in" Out in the distance, there's a one lone patch of rain The wind whips up a devil, spins it 'cross the plain Though it seems it's been forever, just a couple hours more I'll be in San Cristobal, standin' at her door
Down in New Mexico The skies are always bright There's crimson and there's gold And the one I long to hold Under New Mexico Skies I took a little detour a long ways back Made a lousy choice and I got off track But I see the desert's been waiting patiently Reminds me of her phone call sayin' she still thinks of me All along the Hondo Rio, we'll walk hand in hand As the sun sets all around us, we'll fall in love again Down in New Mexico The skies are always bright There's crimson and there's gold And the one I long to hold Under New Mexico Skies Her dark eyes shine right through my memory Her body swaying to the rhythm of my racing heart Down in New Mexico The skies are always bright There's crimson and there's gold And the one I long to hold Under New Mexico Skies