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The Painted Desert Lyrics
[ Jerome Augustyniak/Natalie Merchant ]
The Painted Desert can wait till summer.
We`ve played this game of just imagine long enough.
Wait till summer?
When I`m sure the rains have ended, the blooms have gone,
everyone killed by the morning frost.
Is a cactus blooming there in every roadside stand
where the big deal is cowboy gear won in Japan?
The Painted Desert can wait till summer.
We`ve played this game of just imagine long enough.
Wait till summer?
When I`m sure the rains have ended and the blooms have gone,
everyone killed by the morning frost.
Is a cactus blooming there upon the Northern rim
or in the ruins of the Hopi mesa dens?
You met a new friend in the Canyon, or so you wrote.
On a blanket in the cooling sand you and your friend agreed that
the stars were so many there they seemed to overlap.
The Painted Desert can wait till summer.
We`ve played this game of just imagine long enough.
Wait till summer?
When I am sure the rain has ended, the blooms have gone,
everyone killed by the morning frost.
Was a cactus blooming there as you watched the Native boy?
In Flagstaff trailer court, you wrote the line:
"He kicked a tumbleweed and his mother called him home where the Arizona
moon met the Arizona sun."
I wanted to be there by May at the latest time.
Isn`t that the plan we had or have you changed your mind?
I haven`t read a word from you since Phoenix or Tucson.
April is over will you tell me how long before I can be there?
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