Let me tell you how to get to a place that I know Gotta swerve down the curve of an old dirt road Dogs standing in the dust, chasing cars that pass Wanna make it up the mountain, better step on the gas Then the people and the houses start to disappear Hear the sounds of the river means you're getting near Red dirt on the road, the great big sky Hope you stop by the store 'cause we ain't leaving tonight There's a little river valley near Santa Fe And the river it carried my trouble away Me and my baby were getting so blue The river in the middle taught us all she knew Days are hot and the nights are cold There's bears in the hill or so I'm told I walk up a mountain to look at my phone And I think a mountain lion may have followed me home Juniper, chamisa, sagebrush, and aspen I wish we were already driving back again Turn around the car, we going the wrong way 'Cause I left my heart in Santa Fe There's a little river valley near Santa Fe And the river it carried my trouble away Me and my baby were getting so blue The river in the middle taught us all she knew There's a little river valley near Santa Fe And the river it carried my trouble away Me and my baby were getting so blue The river in the middle taught us all she knew