painted desert

i hear your heartbeat but you're never there

like a mirage

you haunt me everywhere

all day long

i burn for you

lonely in the night

i tried to live alone

but i just can't get it right

ya' know that

this town's like a painted desert

dead heat

movin' in the city

i'm lost in a painted desert

in a painted desert without you

i've done some thinkin'

now that you're not here

i know your reasons

and they're still not clear

all i'm sure of is what i got to lose

i tried to be a better loser

but it's just no use

ya' know that this town's like a painted desert

dead heat

movin' in the city

i'm lost in a painted desert

in a painted desert without you

walkin' in the sundown

i search in vain

waitin' on the wind that whispers out your name

through concrete canyons echoing a world of other faces

no direction looks like home

where is my oasis?

ya' know that this town's like a painted desert

dead heat

movin' in the city

i'm lost in a painted desert

in a painted desert without you

in a painted desert without you

where is my oasis?