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10000 Maniacs – The Painted Desert lyrics
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 Pheonix or Tucson. April is over will you tell me how long before I can be there?
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    the whole sentiment brings a sense of yearning and frustration at waiting for plans to be made to get away to the canyon, this suspension is made dramatic by the arrangement of music chords which reach a peak at lines 'you met a new frend 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 words accompanied by the magical chord changes from a major to a minor and give a sense of awe and feeling of actually being there looking up at the sky. this is, for me, a mosts unusual song because of the subtleties and ironies of the lyrics, merchants voice and the way she conveys her feeling about going away, almost a hushed exasperation, with the impact of Jerrys drums at the point where she sings ' I wanted to be there by may at the latest time', and wonderful strings by Robert buck. an amazing song imo
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