Planet
They rode like was Rangers as they came out of the skies They had High-Tech horses beacons in their eyes My gun was cocked and ready when I looked into face I seen they just weren't just common born of the human race No, sir, these came from space
Their shootin' irons shot laser light and their spurs was Bandanas caked with stardust and their jeans was Well he me a halter, said, "Tighten up the girth." But I hit the saddle we were miles above the Earth. And I mean MILES the Earth
I London, Paris, Budapest, Kashmir and Tokyo And there ain't no sight like a night looking down on Mexico To the Moons of Mars and Jupiter, 'round Saturn's we rode Past the frozen plains of Pluto where the sunshine's cold Man, I do COLD
Then our interstellar stallions sailed through the starless There was nothing to miss in that emptiness, not a stray asteroid So we up the trail of a comet tail, man, you can't even DREAM that far And the galloping beat the rhythm of an old catgut guitar the strummin' of a distant star
Well, it could have lasted minutes or a thousand years When they got me down, I was safe and sound and it hadn't even my ears And they reared back on their broncos and they shot a bolt of I knew they were the guys, yes, sir. you got it right 'Cause their hats was White
So I asked 'em as they pulled reins towards the settin' sun I said, "Before you go, I'd like to know, just where you come from?" Well they up a star chart and said, "right here where this 'X' is It's the biggest place in Outer Space, the planet as Texas"