Rita, where have you gone

I've been missing you for far too long

I feel so blue, haven't you heard

I am the lonesome rider, hear the lonesome rider's call home

Reaper, where have you gone

See the lonesome rider carry on

His pain's so blue, haven't you heard

He is the lonesome rider, it's the lonesome rider's call home

Just feel all the love I'm giving you

I'm back from the war, I've been missing you

Where have you gone my baby blue

I'm here all alone, I've been bleeding too

Reaper please take him home

He's been wandering for far too long

He feels so blue, haven't you heard

He is the lonesome rider it's the lonesome rider's call home

Just feel all the love I'm giving you

I'm back from the war, I've been missing you

Where have you gone my baby blue

I'm here all alone, I've been bleeding too

The dark reaper led the cowboy ahead into his final sunset

The dawn soon to come a cold wind will blow

He's on his way home

My love never will we be apart

And we'll feel the sadness peeling from our fate

The day has now come where we belong together again

Farewell, so long

Rita I'm not alone

I can see you waiting in the doorway of our little cabin home

I feel so new, haven't you heard

I was the lonesome rider, and the lonesome rider is home

Just feel all the love I'm giving you

I'm back from the war, I've been missing you

Where have you gone my baby blue

I'm here all alone, I've been bleeding too