[Verse 1] I wake in the sand crack Under a mesquite shade Tongue out, taste the morning Prowl where the lizards played One eye on the hawk tail One eye on the boot I leave a little zigzag In the dust for you [Pre-Chorus] Heat climbs up the rocks I feel it in my skin One slow coil, one quick move Then I’m gone again [Chorus] Rattle me, rattle me I live where the dry wind blows Rattle me, rattle me Tail song, and away I go Step light, step light I’m right where the thornbush grows Rattle me, rattle me That’s the way my day goes [Verse 2] Noon sits heavy on the canyon I curl by a stone Small mouse near the water I wait still as bone A crow calls from the ridge line I know that sound I let the desert hold me Till the sun falls down [Pre-Chorus] Heat climbs up the rocks I feel it in my skin One slow coil, one quick move Then I’m gone again [Chorus] Rattle me, rattle me I live where the dry wind blows Rattle me, rattle me Tail song, and away I go Step light, step light I’m right where the thornbush grows Rattle me, rattle me That’s the way my day goes [Bridge] Moon comes out like silver Coyote on the trail I cross the open flatlands Thin as a nail Night cool on my scales now Stars in the black Morning finds me breathing And I do it all again [Chorus] Rattle me, rattle me I live where the dry wind blows Rattle me, rattle me Tail song, and away I go Step light, step light I’m right where the thornbush grows Rattle me, rattle me That’s the way my day goes
