One of several songs written during a long
Christmas night, working third shift as a
security guard at a huge, empty, cold and
lonely warehouse in rural Westchester PA.

A demon sun rising
Melting the frost on the redlands around me
    Closing my eyes...

The road goes forever
Stretchin' before me like a stone river
    Under the sky...
        In the desert...

A silent horizon
Nothing to see hear or do but keep walkin'
    Throat is so dry...
        In the desert... In the desert, oh... In the desert land...

    Day is to night as the earth is to sky
    And from birth 'til I die, walkin' on
        In the desert... In the desert, oh... In the desert land...

    Heat follows cold as my feet follow the road
    From sunset until merciless dawn
        In the desert... In the desert, oh... In the desert land...

Heart full of sorrow
Beating in time to my weary feet fallin'
    Leaving my home...