Well I've got to move on now, to Gemini Junction, and that clock full of good times awaiting me there.

Lord, I hope that I find it this side of the Jordan,

and if I don't, well, it won't be like I didn't care.

There'll be mountains to pass full of many a hazard,

Where riders lose heart and their horses go lame;

there'll be rivers to cross and a terrible desert, but I know where to go. It's the way that I came.

There's a man in the moon over Gemini Junction,

And the Mexicans call him Primero Ladron.

What that means, I believe, is the thief who's forgiven:

I should think that he'll wink when he see I've come home.

I've dreamt of that man with the stars all around him, I've dreamt of a dawn that would quicken the dead. But I've dreamt far too long - it's high time I found them, or went bust.

So there's just one more thing to be said:

I'd admire to see you in Gemini Junction

I sent you a letter, if I ever get there.

It'll say "what a day for my love to come calling. Give my best to the rest, I'm enclosing your fare."