A Horse With No Name
Song Information
Song Title
A Horse With No Name
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Dewey Bunnell
Made Famous By
America
Song Stats
Shortest Version
04:10 (2025-02-13)
Longest Version
11:52 (2022-10-12)
Total Times Played
11
Longest Gap
2023-09-23197 2025-02-13
Longest Streak
2022-06-154 2022-06-18
Song Charts
Shows with A Horse With No Name
  • Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, North Carolina 2025-03-15
    Set One
    Truck Drivin' Man, (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (FTP) , Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Fox On The Run > , Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Translation, Sugar Shack 1, Hi-Country
    Set Two
    Gotta Get Southbound, Yonder, At The Ball > 2, Ain’t Living Long Like This, Weathervane > , A Horse With No Name > , Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 4
  • Felton Music Hall - Felton, California 2025-02-13
    Set One
    White Lightning 1, Fox On The Run, Darlin’ Cory 2, Justice > , Jessica, Why You Been Gone So Long, Love's Gonna Live Here, Passing Storm, Country Pie
    Set Two
    Respect 3, Dance In The Desert > 4, A Horse With No Name, Forgotten Days > , Dance In The Desert (Reprise) 4, Playing Your Game 2 5, Boogie Man, Good Old American Guest, See Through 2, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train
    Encore
    Half Moon Night, Workin' Man Blues
  • Fox Theatre - Boulder, Colorado 2023-09-23
    Set One
    Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Subterranean Homesick Blues 1, Halfway (In Between), Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Faded Lovin', Lose Your Mind, Doggone Cowboy > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Hi-Country, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler, Sugar Shack 2, Gotta Get Southbound, Big Iron > , Cantina Band, Fox On The Run, Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure 4
    Encore
    Dance In The Desert 4, A Horse With No Name
  • XL Live - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2023-03-04
    Set One
    Hi-Country, Why You Been Gone So Long, Faded Lovin', Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Sugar Shack 1, Chore, Half Moon Night, Railroad Bill, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Lose Your Mind, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert > 2, A Horse With No Name > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Dance In The Desert (Reprise) , Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure 2
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • The Ramkat - Winston Salem, North Carolina 2022-10-12
    Set One
    Yeehaw Check!, Lose Your Mind, Double Exposure 1, Another Dimension (FTP) , Weathervane, Halfway (In Between), Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert > 1, A Horse With No Name 2
  • Smoky Hollow - Raleigh, North Carolina 2022-07-28
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Rose In A Garden, Luck Of The Draw, Angel From Montgomery, Forgotten Days, Ten Feet Of Rope 1, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Dance In The Desert > , A Horse With No Name, Cumberland Blues
  • Soundcheck Studios - Pembroke, Massachusetts 2022-07-14
    Set One
    Yeehaw Check!, Justice > , Jessica, Why You Been Gone So Long, Lose Your Mind, Sweet Tasting Tennessee, Ten Feet Of Rope 1, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Faded Lovin', Always Been A Lover
    Set Two
    Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, 'Til The Daylight > , Darlin’ Cory, Big River > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Dance In The Desert > 2, A Horse With No Name, Sleepwalk > , Meet Me In Dallas, Down By The Riverside 3, Angel From Montgomery
    Encore
    Ramblin' Fever (FTP) , Cumberland Blues
  • Bonnaroo - Manchester, Tennessee 2022-06-18
    Set One
    Locomotive #9, Justice > , Jessica, Double Exposure, Faded Lovin', Dance In The Desert > , A Horse With No Name
  • Woodlands Tavern - Columbus, Ohio 2022-06-17
    Set One
    Yeehaw Check!, Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Alabama Jubilee, Double Exposure 1, Cumberland Blues, Hi-Country, Ten Feet Of Rope 2 3, Faded Lovin', Dance In The Desert > 1, A Horse With No Name > , Dance In The Desert (Reprise)
    Encore
    Justice > , Jessica
  • City Series - Defiance, Ohio 2022-06-16
    Set One
    Yeehaw Check!, Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Faded Lovin', Hard To Tell, Double Exposure 1, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Fox On The Run > , Darlin’ Cory, Half Moon Night, Dance In The Desert > 1, A Horse With No Name (FTP) > , Dance In The Desert (Reprise)
    Encore
    Why You Been Gone So Long
Lyrics

On the first part of the journey

I was looking at all the life

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz

And the sky with no clouds

The heat was hot and the ground was dry

But the air was full of sound


I've been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain


After two days in the desert sun

My skin began to turn red

And after three days in the desert fun

I was looking at a river bed

And the story it told of a river that flowed

Made me sad to think it was dead


You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain


After nine days I let the horse run free

'Cause the desert had turned to sea

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The ocean is a desert with it's life underground

And a perfect disguise above

Under the cities lies a heart made of ground

But the humans will give no love


You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain