Trombone Gulch

Lyrics for Trombone Gulch

Werth-Williams Needing sleep and hot and dirty on I drove through Alberquerque I had one eye on the mirror for the law When I pulled in for some gasoline, six house from El Paso Seemed New Mexico went on for evermore I was talkin' to the pump man, and you should have seen him jump, man When I told him I was heading for the Heights He said, "Wait on 'til tomorrow 'cos a few miles from Socorro Is a place you'll never leave by light of night" There's only buzzards and lizards and ornerary critturs You've run out of luck if you get stuck in Trombone Gulch Well I laughed and left him standing, put a big tip in his hand And drove on out ignoring all his shouts of thanks But a few miles from Socorro I discovered to my horror That his shouts had meant he hadn't filled the tank I knew I wasn't beaten yet, I stumbled from the sedan Cursing everyone from Satan up to God And I pushed it to ledge and pushed it out across the edge And knew the law would never see it from the road And the dust came like a blizzard, I got bitten by a lizard And I fell down into canyons all the time But I kept the road beside me, 'cos I had to have it guide me All the way to safety and the borderline When the sun came up from sleepin' and the morning came in creeping I could see a signpost just on up ahead It said "Welcome to Socorro! Did you like to ride our trombone? It goes right around the valley on a bend!