© words and music : garnett betts
you’d catch that sound
in the moonlight, in the desert
it would come and go through the hills
and we’d wait quiet
on a tall desert night
to prove we all heard it still
chorus:
blowin’ through joshua tree
off the clouds, you and me
they played live in the desert
but they were gone like the wind
some said it was a station
from a trailer in the night
or a ghost band on a moonlight bill
we’d drive out to find
that sound out of sight
found the music
but the band we never will
chorus:
blowin’ through joshua tree
off the clouds, you and me
they played live in the desert
but they were gone like the wind
gone like the wind
bridge:
should have been so easy to find
they played clear as the night sky
the coyote cry!
but one more climb
and you’d pass them by
the hills held their secret song
and secrets never die
they just live on and on
chorus:
blowin’ through joshua tree
off the clouds, you and me
they played live in the desert
but they were gone like the wind
gone like the wind
legend goes
there’s a moonlight door in the desert
they’d disappear when you got near
tire tracks, a cold fire, and a morning chill
but I hear them so loud
playing down the years
chorus:
blowin’ through joshua tree
off the clouds, you and me
they played live in the desert
they played all night in the desert
but they were gone like the wind
gone like the wind
Garnett Betts 