The desert air was cold And the moon was shining bright As I rode out of Phoenix There was tension in the night Someone was walking on my grave I said I know That something is happening tonight A night ride out of Phoenix In the desert on a skewbald mare Moon bright shining over Phoenix A horse walking while the lizards stare Alone in the night with the bloom of a desert rose Alone in the night I'm never going home Alongside on a jet black stallion Came riding from out of the air He just smiled and pointed to heaven And I knew what was waiting there Scared in the night looking down from a desert sky Flying in the night watching Phoenix die Fly Night ride out of Phoenix Fly by the Devil's side Flying on the vengeance ride Cold in the night watching Phoenix die For some reason I'd been chosen To be a witness to the Devil's hate But I knew that those burned in Phoenix Had left me to a darker fate Scared in the night looking down from a desert sky Flying in the night watching Phoenix die Fly Night ride out of Phoenix Fly by the Devil's side Flying on the vengeance ride Cold in the night watching Phoenix die