The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sweet Desert Childhood

^GIt was off the desert road Fourteen ^Cmiles up in the canyon I was ^Gborn ^GWhere the rocks were piled up high And ^Cwhen the sun went down They looked like big old ^Gmonsters You could ^Cyell out your whole name And the ^A7echo would come back crystal c^Clear And the s^Gilence was so deafening I could ^Chear it like thunder in my ^Gears ^GI still taste the sweet cool water As it ^Cbubbled out to quench the burning ^Gsand

As the ^Cdesert wind blew soft across the l^Gand Somewhere ^Cfar away a coyote ^A7Called out his mournful ghostly ^Csong And I ^Gknew that very soon ^CSweet desert childhood would be ^Ggone Can a ^Cman^Bm ever go back h^Come again Can a ^Cman ever ^Amlive that way a^Dgain C G ^GThe old windmill made a groan As it ^Cturned around to face the cold of the ^Gnight ^GThe proof of all existence ^CCrackl^Ged warm in the flickering firelight And the ^Cstars were so perfect That I w^A7ondered might this all just be a ^Cdream Could this ^Gall-alone place really ^Cbe as magic as it ^Gseems ^CCan a man ever ^Amgo back home a^Cgain ^CCan a man ever ^Amlive that way ^Dagain ^G