Lyric The Painted Desert - 10-000 Maniacs

Lyric Song The Painted Desert: 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