The Painted Desert Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

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 rain has ended, the blooms have gone 

Everyone killed by the morning frost 

Is a cactus blooming there in every roadside stand 

Where the big deal this cowboy gear sewn 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 rain has ended 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 a flagstaff trailor court, you wrote the line 

'He kicked a tumbleweed and his mother called him home 

Where the Arizona moon met the Arizona sun'