I hear your heartbeat but you're never there
Like a mirage you haunt me everywhere
All day long I burn for you
lonely in the night
I tried to live alone but I just can't get it right

You 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 thinking 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
You know that this town's like a painted desert

Walkin' the sundown
I search in vain
Waitin' for 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?
You know that this town's like a painted desert