I married Isis on the fifth day of May, But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.
I came to a high place of darkness and light. The dividing line ran through the center of town. I hitched up my pony to a post on the right, Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.
A man in the corner approached me for a match. I knew right away he was not ordinary. He said, "Are you lookin´ for somethin´ easy to catch?" I said, "I got no money." He said, "That ain´t necessary."
We set out that night for the cold in the North. I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word. I said, "Where are we goin´?" He said we´d be back by the fourth. I said, "That´s the best news that I´ve ever heard."
I was thinkin´ about turquoise, I was thinkin´ about gold, I was thinkin´ about diamonds and the world´s biggest necklace. As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold, I was thinkin´ about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless.
How she told me that one day we would meet up again, And things would be different the next time we wed, If I only could hang on and just be her friend. I still can´t remember all the best things she said.
We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice. He said, "There´s a body I´m tryin´ to find. If I carry it out it´ll bring a good price." ´Twas then that I knew what he had on his mind.
The wind it was howlin´ and the snow was outrageous. We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn. When he died I was hopin´ that it wasn´t contagious, But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty. There was no jewels, no nothin´, I felt I´d been had. When I saw that my partner was just bein´ friendly,
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad.
I picked up his body and I dragged him inside, Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover. I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied. Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.
She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise. Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed, I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes. I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.
She said, "Where ya been?" I said, "No place special." She said, "You look different." I said, "Well, I guess."
She said, "You been gone." I said, "That´s only natural." She said, "You gonna stay." I said, "If you want me to, yes."
Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child. What drives me to you is what drives me insane. I still can remember the way that you smiled On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin´ rain.