Story Behind The Song
Wrote the song in the dead of winter in an airport after my flight to Arizona was canceled.
Song Description
The desert always had the power to overwhelm you with its endless horizon. Until we built it up to be like everyplace else. Now where do you go when you need to clear out your head?
| Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Classic, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Poignant |
Subject |
General, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Paul Simon, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Arid Zone ® 1996, John Gahl
There?s a two-lane goes nowhere, best place I know.
Out through the desert, good time to go.
It ain?t like I got a choice,
I can?t even recognize the sound.... of my own voice
Even my name, Don?t sound the same
Lady Las Vegas, not what she seems.
Dressed like a callgirl, in diamonds and dreams.
It?s a city made of gold,
But what?s money to a town... that wants your soul?
You play your role
Maybe I?ll keep going, all the way out to L-A,
Take in a movie, sleep through the day.
And I?ll know I?ve gone too far
When I can hardly see the sky.... for all the stars.
In their shiny cars, On the boulevard.
Got a brother in Tucson, might stop in and say hello.
It?s been years since I last saw him... all this time where
does it go?
Moved he cause he hates the cold.
And he spends his afternoons just growing weeds and growing
old.
He always told me, it ain?t over ?til you fold.
The desert is nowhere, nothing but sand,
Go where you want to, do what you can.
When you?re trying to get home
There?s one thing that I have learned... you go alone.
Can?t leave a single stone
Unturned, a single bridge unburned.