The Painted Desert
"The painted desert can wait till summer"We've played this game of 'just imagine' long enoughWait till summer?When I'm sure the rain has ended, the blooms have goneEvery one killed by the morning frost
Is a cactus blooming there in every roadside standWhere the big deal this cowboy gear sewn in Japan?
"The painted desert can wait till summer"We've played this game of 'just imagine' long enoughWait till summer?When I'm sure the rain has ended, the blooms have goneEvery one killed by the morning frost
Is a cactus blooming there upon the northern rimOr in the ruins of the Hopi Mesa dens?
You met a new friend in the Canyon or so you wroteOn a blanket in the cooling sandYou and your friend agreedThat the stars were so many thereThey seemed to overlap
"The painted desert can wait till summer"We've played this game of 'just imagine' long enoughWait till summer?When I am sure the rain has ended, the blooms have goneEvery one killed by the morning frost
Was a cactus blooming there as you watched the native boy?In a Flagstaff trailor court, you wrote the line"He kicked a tumbleweed and his mother called him homeWhere 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 TucsonApril is over, will you tell me how longBefore I can be there...?