GIt was off the desert road
Fourteen Cmiles up in the canyon I was Gborn
GWhere the rocks were piled up high
And Cwhen the sun went down
They looked like big old Gmonsters
You could Cyell out your whole name
And the A7echo would come back crystal cClear
And the sGilence was so deafening
I could Chear it like thunder in my Gears
GI still taste the sweet cool water
As it Cbubbled out to quench the burning Gsand
And the cottonwoods stood trembling
As the Cdesert wind blew soft across the lGand
Somewhere Cfar away a coyote
A7Called out his mournful ghostly Csong
And I Gknew that very soon
CSweet desert childhood would be Ggone
Can a CmanBm ever go back hCome again?
Can a Cman ever Amlive that way aDgain?
CG GThe old windmill made a groan
As it Cturned around to face the cold of the Gnight
GThe proof of all existence
CG Crackled warm in the flickering firelight
And the Cstars were so perfect
That I wA7ondered might this all just be a Cdream
Could this Gall-alone place really Cbe as magic as it Gseems?
CCan a man ever Amgo back home aCgain?
CCan a man ever Amlive that way Dagain? G
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