Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Desert Rat, artist - Michael Martin Murphey. Date of issue: 09.01.1975
Song language: English
Desert Rat |
| She sits on the front porch |
| Of the old house that stands scorched |
| Under the sunstroke |
| Of the desert day that choked |
| Her old man who fell in the sun |
| With rattlesnakes and keepsakes |
| Old boxes of cornflakes |
| Gramophones and gemstones |
| And three unclaimed door frames |
| And bleached bones and rocks by the ton |
| Goodbye old desert rat |
| You half crazy wildcat |
| You knew where it was at |
| What life’s all about |
| Saver of catalogs |
| King of the prairie dogs |
| Success is survival |
| And you toughed it out |
| You old loudmouth rock hound |
| You kept the kids spell bound |
| Half crazy and sunbaked |
| You earned your own grubstake |
| By breaking your back all day long |
| With junk art and dump carts |
| And old Model-T parts |
| Frustrated, outdated |
| And uneducated |
| At 80 you still wrote good songs |
| Goodbye old desert rat |
| You half crazy wildcat |
| You knew where it was at |
| What life’s all about |
| Saver of catalogs |
| King of the prairie dogs |
| Success is survival |
| And you toughed it out |