Desert Sun (Acoustic Southern Rock)

Story Behind The Song

117 BPM

Song Description

The heat of an argument....the heat of passion....the mataphor of both used with the hot Desert Sun

Song Length 3:23 Genre Rock - Classic, Folk - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Heated, Distressed Subject Anger, Girlfriend, Wife
Similar Artists The Eagles, John Cougar Mellencamp Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Desert Sun

(STEVE DAFOE 2004)

( COPYRIGHTED)


Chorus
G Fmaj7
And the desert sun; it burns so high.
G Fmaj7
And I see your face; in the glowing sky.
G Fmaj7
For your burning love; I have to try.
G Fmaj7
To push on through; to find out why.

Verse A
Cmaj7
Went out for a walk,
Fmaj7
Needed time to think...
Cmaj7
Tired of all the talk.
Fmaj7
Needed my water drink.

Chorus
G Fmaj7
And the desert sun; it burns so high.
G Fmaj7
And I see your face; in the glowing sky.
G Fmaj7
For your burning love; I have to try.
G Fmaj7
To push through; to find out why.

Verse B
Cmaj7
The sand is red hot.
Fmaj7
Sizzles, just like your love.
Cmaj7
Good at this, I'm not.
Fmaj7
In the desert of love.





Chorus
G Fmaj7
And the desert sun; it burns so high.
G Fmaj7
And I see your face; in the glowing sky.
G Fmaj7
For your burning love; I have to try.
G Fmaj7
To push through; to find out why.

Verse C
Cmaj7
The sun sets lower.
Fmaj7
Saying it's good night.
Cmaj7
Time to go to her.
Fmaj7
Time to make it right.

Chorus
G Fmaj7
And the desert sun; it burns so high.
G Fmaj7
And I see your face; in the glowing sky.
G Fmaj7
For your burning love; I have to try.
G Fmaj7
To push through; to find out why.


Love the acoustic guitar!

This could have appeared on any of America's first five albums. The desert theme that Dewey loved, the major seventh chords. It has an easy pleasant melody with lovely crisp guitar playing. It has the pondering kind of lyrics like America's song "Three Roses." To me, the base words and music are always the primary thing and this song does a great job of it, and it also has very clean top production, too.

reminds me of steve earle, would have liked to hear a little subdued lead behind the guitar chords, i found the song more country than rock and even a steel for mood. Vocal tone and delivery is very very good.

This is a really cool song!! The melody and groove really keep the listener engaged! There are some really nice images, and the desert sun works very well as a central theme as a metaphor for the singer's love. REALLY like this song!!

man this is a really good song! everything done great and very original. the lyrics were totally unique. no cliches in the song. vocals match the style of music.

This tune is really easy on the ears. Puts you to mind of a lot of the Eagles stuff. Nice tone to your voice. Song builds really nicely. Instrumentation is ideal for this piece. Really good and pleasant sound.

This song reminds me of the easy listening rock from the early '70's - like America, Bread, and James Taylor. This artist definitely has the feel for that time period. His gift is that he makes it work in the year 2016.

Very good nice feel to the song

Beautiful tune with nice vocal performance. A well done cross between rock and country.

loved it! what kind of mic is on the acoustic..it sounds so big...did you record the G in stereo?

love the sound of hot summer and fire ... go on

Beautiful song! Love the vocals.

Lyrics Steve Dafoe Music Steve Dafoe
Performance Shawn Byrne
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
North Forty/Dave Berdoulay favs 3/14/2009

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