Creosote crickets in the leaves
Clickin' their cricket-y songs
Curved-bills thrashin' in my ears
Whistlin' all day long
The wafting scent of acacia plants
Teasing in my nose
And the mighty pose of the Saguaro
With me wherever I go
With me wherever I go

I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
Don't try to lead me astray
I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
And I'm here, by God, to stay
Yes, I'm here, by God, to stay

The stinging bite of a cactus spine
Driven to the bone
Doesn't mean a thing to me
Just tells me I'm home
When I climb those cliffs of rotten rock
And I feel my shaking knees
The vulture whispers in my ear
"Son, don't count on me"
"Son, don't count on me"

I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
Don't try to lead me astray
I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
And I'm here, by God, to stay
Yes, I'm here, by God, to stay

Well, I work my forty in the city lights
Streets paved with fool's gold
When I've done my gig I point my rig
To my Sonoran desert home
Where the impossible flight of the humming bird
Zzzzz-ing along
Moves my soul with the lyrics for
Another Gosh dang song
Another Gosh dang song

Gimme that heat, stoke it up
What's all the fuss about
If the merc' ain't pumpin' a hunnert-plus
I ain't steppin' outta' my house
Goose bumps runnin' up and down my arms
"Triple digits", the weathermen say
Don't make no never mind to me
Go ahead and make my day

I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
Don't try to lead me astray
I'm a desert rat and that's a fact
And I'm here, by God, to stay
Yes, I'm here, by God, to stay