Beyond the scarlet mountains br as the sun begins to set, br my heart aches to return home, br but my destiny is to endlessly roam. br I left home to seek br my fortune and fame, br but fortune lead me br into the devils game. br I became a gambler, br a player with chance br with a crooked deck to hide br to have the odds in my favour br so I could never lose. br For every gambler br lady luck sometimes deserts br and my reward for her abandonment br is an eight by ten cell. br The chain gang is a bitter life; br the calluses on my hands are many. br The days that I am here br stretch all through the night. br So when I see the scarlet mountains br as the sun begins to set br my heart aches for a place br I will never see again.