Out in the red rock desert / sitting on the roof of my car Drinking cans of warm beer / watching the sky get dark Gail and I shot our empties / with an old, rusted rifle Her golden hair went flying / like a wild, brush fire
Chorus: When the mountains turned red at dusk
Time passed in the burning desert / & the tumbleweeds they tumbled We lay in a golden fire / as the screaming buzzards circled Far down in the darkened valley / the city lights still twinkled But my eyes saw only gail / and her hair in golden fire
Chorus: When the mountains turned red at dusk
But the fire burned right through her / gail followed unseen voices They led her to the city / deep in the darkened valley I drove circles through the alleys / calling my burning lover But gail ran deeper in the gloom / screaming at the street lights And I lost her there forever / deep in the valley’s darkness My gail with the golden hair / that burned as bright as fire
