The moon is out tonight - it's hanging high
The stars are hiding in the sky
And the distance - somewhere I know
Keeping down and laying low
Is a coyote
Upon the ridge and the hills beyond
There lie the tracks of the vagabond
He's on the move again across the Chaparral
Where's he's heading now - no-one can tell
But he's running on the wings of the night
He's running wild and free
He's a badlands refugee
And he don't know wrong from right
He's just chasing down his dreams
He's a bit like me it seems
Coyote
The sage brush blows with the cold north wind
They say that soon he must come again
Running across the desert floor
Soon he'll be there - right by your door
Coyote
Some say the coyote is not to blame
For the bounty that's put on his name
And as you look there into his eyes
There's no regrets - and no alibis
But he's running on the wings of the night
He's running wild and free
He's a badlands refugee
And he don't know wrong from right
He's just chasing down his dreams
He's a bit like me it seems
Coyote