[Verse 1: Randy Newman]
Got a gun in my holster
Got a horse between my knees
And I'm goin' to Arizona
Pardon me, boys, if you please

[Verse 2: Randy Newman]
I have been a desperado
Raped and pillaged 'cross the plain
Now I'm goin' to Arizona
Just a rider in the rain

[Chorus: Randy Newman, Don Henley, Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther]
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

[Verse 3: Randy Newman]
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

[Chorus: Randy Newman, Don Henley, Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther]
He's a rider in the rain (I'm 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
[Verse 4: Randy Newman]
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

[Verse 5: Randy Newman]
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

[Chorus: Randy Newman, Don Henley, Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther]
I'm a rider in the rain
I'm a rider in the rain
And he's goin' to Arizona
Just a rider in the rain
He's a rider in the rain (I'm a rider in the rain)
He's a rider in the rain (Even though I'm a rider)
And I'm goin' to Arizona
Just a rider in the rain

[Outro: Randy Newman, Don Henley, Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther]
Take it, boys
Mmm hmm
Mmm hmm
Mmm hmm
Mmm, mmm hmm
Mmm hmm
Mmm hmm
Mmm hmm
Mmm