Like a mirage you haunt me everywhere
All day long I burn for you, lonely in the night
I try to live alone, but I just can't get it right

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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

(chorus)

Walkin' 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

(chorus)

In a painted desert without you, where is my oasis

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