From the dusty mesa
Dm Am
Her looming shadow grows
Am Em
Hidden in the branches
Dm Am
of the poison creosote
C
She twines her spines up slowly
G
Towards the boiling sun
Dm
And when I touched her skin
F Am
My fingers ran with blood
Am Em
In the hushing dusk
Dm Am
Under a swollen silver moon
Am Em
I came walking with the wind
Dm Am
To watch the cactus bloom
C
And strange hunger haunted me,
G
The looming shadows danced
Dm
I fell down to the thorny brush
F Am
And felt the trembling hands
Am Em
When the last light warms the rocks
Dm Am
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Am Em
Mountain cats will come
Dm Am
to drag away your bones
C
And rise with me forever
G
Across the silent sand
Dm
And the stars will be your eyes
F Am
And the wind will be my hands
