Desert High

The desert dust fills your eyes
 The rattlesnake shake takes you by surprise
 The coyotes sing in the calm of night
 The cactus water goes down like fire
 The City of Angels ain't too far from here
 And when I need some sin, it's always near
 The Caliente warms my bones
 And the Valley of Death is a skeleton's home
 The desert toad takes me for a ride
 The Lizard King's always by my side
 The hawk and eagle just wanna fly
 But the horizon's hot, and the air is dry
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 The venom stings from the scorpion
 And the owl watches where I've been
 My lips are cracked from the howlin' wind
 I need to quench my thirst and heal my skin
 The mountains like paintings, the Joshua Tree
 Gram died in room eight and left it all to Keith
 Just a couple of miles from the Salton Sea
 But a little closer to heaven for someone like me