Far from any road

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From the dusty mesa - her looming shadow grows
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Hidden in the branches - of the poison creosote

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        C                            G
She twines her spines up slowly - towards the boiling sun
      Dm                          F
And when I touched her skin - my fingers ran with blood

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In the hushing dusk under a swollen - silver moon
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I came walking with the wind - to watch the cactus bloom

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     C                              G
A strange hunger haunted me - The looming shadows danced
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I fell down to the thorny brush - And felt a trembling hand

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When the last light warms the rocks and the rattlesnakes unfold
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Mountain cats will come - to drag away your bones

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     C                        G
And rise with me forever - across the silent sand
          Dm                               F
And the stars will be your eyes - And the winds will be my hands

Am [x4]
Am [x2]