It was off the desert road
C GFourteen miles up in the canyon I was born
GWhere the rocks were piled up high
And when the sun went down
GThey looked like big old monsters
CYou could yell out your whole name
And the echo would come back crystal clear
GAnd the silence was so deafening
C GI could hear it like thunder in my ears
I still taste the sweet cool water
C GAs it bubbled out to quench the burning sand
And the cottonwoods stood trembling
As the desert wind blew soft across the land
CSomewhere far away a coyote
A7 CCalled out his mournful ghostly song
And I knew that very soon
C GSweet desert childhood would be gone
C Bm CCan a man ever go back home again?
Can a man ever live that way again?
GThe old windmill made a groan
C GAs it turned around to face the cold of the night
The proof of all existence
C GCrackled warm in the flickering firelight
CAnd the stars were so perfect
That I wondered might this all just be a dream
G C GCould this all-alone place really be as magic as it seems?
C Am CCan a man ever go back home again?
Can a man ever live that way again?
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