Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Carly Simon
Canonical path: /carly-simon/the-desert
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Desert
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The Desert
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I was in the desert
Amazed by all that sand
I was in the sea of white
Swimming through the land
Nobody shocked me
Nobody locked me up
And nobody took my time
Nobody shook me up
All that happened was the white light
The endless sand in the moonlight
I was in the desert
In the opalescent noon
Watching the horizon
And waiting for the moon
Nobody talked to me
Nobody looked me up
Nobody walked up to me
Nobody shook me up
All that happened was the white light
The endless sand in the moonlight
I was in the desert
Free to live or die
Looking in the mirror
And seeing just the sky
Nobody got to me
Nobody said what to me?
Nobody shoved me
Nobody loved me
All that happened was the white light
The endless sand and the moonlight
All that happened was the white light
The endless sand and the moonlight
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