I was told long ago that you'd learn more on a building site than you would in school, I don't know who's to know in El Paso Friday nights the floodlights you'd hear us roar Sing the town till we die then our throats went sore We have grown on the road to El Paso Photographs on your mantelpiece they fade Sitting at some bus stop in the pouring rain In your mind things that you've seen Now the shoe is on the other foot, how does that feel If you wanna go I'll take you there, Feel the rain on your face in the morning air Let's go back, take me back to El Paso You go around with your tie and your briefcase With a look on your face like I'm a waste of space Take me back, take me back to El Paso Oh take a walk, take a walk down the echo road I'll be waiting Don't you know i'll be waiting. And if you wanna go I'll take you there, Feel the rain on your face in the morning air Take me back, let's go back to El Paso You go around with your tie and your briefcase With a look on your face like I'm a waste of space Take me back, take me back, take me back let's go back To El Paso, to El Paso, to El Paso, to my El Paso.