From the recording Country Project
Tom Thompson: Lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, lead electric guitar
Bill Mishler: Harmony vocals, drums
Chris Purdum: Harmony vocals, bass
Hank Van Buren: Harmony vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
David Trabue: Pedal steel
Lyrics
Gila Bend
(Van Buren)
Walked out in the desert
By an old highway
The sun beat down upon me
Just another lonesome day
Left a bar in Tucson
Or was it Santa Fe?
Headed for the sunset
A place they call L.A.
Life has got more lonely
Than this bitter wind
If a rattlesnake should bite me
Lord, I would poison him
Ever since she left me
It's never been the same
Like the sand that's blowin'
It's just a losin' game
I pretend I'm happy
As I roam from town to town
Tryin' to taste the honey
But there just ain't none around
Life has got more lonely
Than this bitter wind
If a rattlesnake should bite me
Lord, I would poison him
If a rattlesnake should bite me
Lord, I would poison him