[Verse 1]
Boots kick dust on a red dirt morning
Map in my pocket
Coffee gone cold
Those jagged teeth on the far horizon
Keep chewing up every rumor of gold
Wildflowers lean in the dry heat breathing
Purple and yellow in a rusty tin can
A little gray squirrel on a leaning cactus
Stares me down like it knows my plan (hey!)
[Chorus]
Out in the shadow of Superstition
I chase a story that’s older than time
Every dry creek
Every broken boulder
Whispers
“Girl
That vein is mine”
If I get lost in the Lost Dutchman
Let my name ride on the roaming wind
’Cause I found something brighter than the treasure
In the place where the desert begins
[Verse 2]
Sunburned nose and a frayed bandana
Sweat on my neck
Steel in my hand
Old prospector carved his fear in the canyon
Left ghost notes in the rock and sand
Cholla blooms like a crown of fire
Buzzards circle in a lazy ring
I strike stone
Strike hope
Strike silence
Hear my own heart echo and sing (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Out in the shadow of Superstition
I chase a story that’s older than time
Every dry creek
Every broken boulder
Whispers
“Girl
That vein is mine”
If I get lost in the Lost Dutchman
Let my name ride on the roaming wind
’Cause I found something brighter than the treasure
In the place where the desert begins
[Bridge]
Maybe the gold was a lie from the start
Just bait on the hook for a restless heart
’Cause the bloom on the sand and the thorns in my skin
Feel richer than anything locked in a tin
[Chorus]
Out in the shadow of Superstition
I chased a story and fell into me
Every dry creek
Every broken boulder
Turned into pages of my own history
If I get lost in the Lost Dutchman
Sing my song where the red rocks spin
’Cause I found something brighter than the treasure
In the place where the desert
The wild Arizona desert
In the place where the desert begins