The Joshua Tree

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain See it driving nails into the souls on a tree of pain From the firefly a red-orange glow I see the face of fear Running scared in the valley below Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky In locust wind comes

Mothers of the Disappeared Midnight, our sons and daughters Were cut down, taken from us Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears We hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat Ni

And so she woke up Woke up from where she was Lying still Said I gotta do something About where we're going Step on a steam train Step out of the driving rain, maybe Run from the darkness in the night Singing ha, ah la la la de day Ah la la la de day

Desert sky Dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry We need new dreams tonight Desert rose Dreamed I saw a desert rose Her dress torn in ribbons and in bows Like a siren she calls to me Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad e

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill As the day begs the night for mercy Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars Carved into stone on the face of earth The moon is up and over One Tree Hill We see the sun go down in your eyes You

From Father to Son The blood runs thin Our faces frozen (still) against the wind The seam is split The coal face cracked The lines are long And there's no going back Through hands of steel And a heart of stone Our labor day has come and gone And you

In the distance She saw me coming 'round I was calling out I was calling out Still shaking Still in pain You put me back together again I was cold and you clothed me honey I was down and you lifted me honey Angel Angel or devil I was thirsty And you

I want to run, I want to hide I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside I want to reach out and touch the flame Where the streets have no name I want to feel sunlight on my face See the dust cloud disappear without a trace I want to take shel

You know he got the cure...but then he went astray, He used to stay awake To drive the dreams he had away He wanted to believe In the hands of love... His head it felt heavy As he cut across the land He went deeper into black Deeper into white...he c