Got a gun in my holster Got a horse between my knees And I'm goin' to Arizona Pardon me, boys, if you please I have been a desperado Raped and pillaged 'cross the plain Now, 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 He's a rider in the rain Oh, my mother's in St. Louis And my bride's 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 He's a rider in the rain 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 I'm the son of the prairie And the wind that sweeps the plain So, 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 He's 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