Mamas in the Desert, Daddy's in the Sky

She saves all the messages

I've left on her machine

Says she plays them over and over

for the comfort that they bring

She missed my call this morning,

(It's another one she'll save)

I'll bet she's gone to talk to Daddy

and lay some flowers on the grave

She says she knows Dad isn't there but

it helps her to get by

My Mama's in the desert,

My Daddy's in the sky

Brother Randy has been so good to her

always got a joke or two

And no one laughs like Mama laughs

'Though her hearts been torn in two

Some days she seems past comforting,

Most nights don't bring relief

Wish I could carry all she bears

and hide her from her grief

And though her tears like rain go falling

it's still arid there and dry

My Mama's in the desert,

my Daddy's in the sky

And our Papa's up there waiting

I've seen him in a dream

And for all us desert nomads

there is a living spring

So Mama don't be crying,

we'll all get there by and by

Soon we'll leave our dry-bone deserts

to meet our Father in the sky

She says she knows Dad isn't there but

it helps her to get by

My Mama's in the desert

My Daddy's in the sky

My Mama's in the desert

My Daddy's in the sky