Desert Town Songtext
von Jim Carroll

I hitched a ride to a desert town
I never planned this trip
I sewed my past in the sun like a tomb
That′s slowly dripped
The people faced me with Lazarus eyes
They were wetting days like fat horse flies
I was lost in twelve directions
I was searching for my own reflection

In a desert town, I found
A future old and broke like Roman ruins
I've been turned around, it′s true
The postage past is due
This heat is twisting like a knife

I got the picture but I lost the frame
Where did it begin?
Thought I was holy but that's not the case
I'm just too tired to sin
The sun grips me like a frightening fist
This latitude doesn′t exist


In a desert town, I found
Nothing′s gonna be the way it should
What I thought I lost, I could get back
Take a blade and hack my way back
To another day

Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this
Instant that, instant this

In a desert town, I found
A future old and broke like Roman ruins
I've been turned around, it′s true
The postage past is due
This heat is twisting like a knife
In a desert town, the sound
Whispers like a living at the well
In this dry hot wind, I'm in
Like a cactus in the sand
I′m waiting, waiting for your hand