Lyrics
DESERT HEART
(Timothy Brickley and David Rheins)
No words of bitterness, just part company.
Soon the thought of this will seem comedy.
Your desert heart of disbelief, our childhood's hand in hand,
never ever leaving never-never land
but I will never be afraid of again of being lost
without saviour or smile
Desert heart, I know you have no trust
and I have nothing to say
if this is all we have to offer
then maybe we really should stay away
We walk thru the trees and houses and say, this isn't me,
it's not like we've really started, we haven't yet, really, have we?
No, not really not yet, it doesn't seem like starting but we are.
Bet it doesn't feel like ending when they come for you in the big, black car
I remember climbing fences and starting at the sea
I imagine your childhood white dresses
Desert heart, I know you have no trust
and I have nothing to say
if this is all we have to offer
then maybe we really should stay away
In your arms and in your eyes,
I know your fear and follow the lies
I see the scars, feel your barbed-wire
and swallow your tears
Desert heart, I know you have no trust
and I have nothing to say
if this is all we have to offer
then maybe we really should stay away
No words of bitterness, we just part company
and now the thought of you somehow feels more free.
Copyright 1988, Timothy Brickley & David Rheins
