" DESPERATE LAND "
lyrics by DK Sweet / Doug Shawe 1997


DAVE AND JULIE STUMBLED
FELL INTO SOME LUCK
NINETY THOUSAND FRANKLINS
STASHED BENEATH A BURNED OUT TRUCK
JULIE GRABBED HER LIPSTICK
DAVEY PACKED HIS GUN
FLYIN' HIGH - 'THEY' TOOK A RIDE
HEADIN' STRAIGHT INTO THE SUN
OUT, OUT OF THE NIGHT AND THE CITY
PAST NOWHERE, SEE HOW THEY RUN

YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN DRIVE
BUT, YOU NEVER ARRIVE
YOU CAN BEG, YOU CAN CRAWL
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
YOU CAN CHEAT, YOU CAN TRY
BUT THE ROAD NEVER LIES
IT RUNS RIGHT THRU, THRU THIS DESPERATE LAND

CONNIE LIKED THE GOOD LIFE
PHIL HE COULDN'T PAY
GAMBLED ON A NUMBER
EVERY DOLLAR THEY HAD SAVED
THOUGHT THE ROAD HAD ENDED
THOUGHT THEIR LUCK WAS GONE
HIT THE GAS - TO END IT FAST
WHEN THE RADIO SAID THEY'D WON
OUT, OUT OF SMALL TOWNS THEY TUMBLE
PAST HEARTBREAKS, SEE HOW THEY RUN

YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN DRIVE
BUT, YOU NEVER ARRIVE
YOU CAN BEG, YOU CAN CRAWL
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
YOU CAN CHEAT, YOU CAN TRY
BUT THE ROAD NEVER LIES
IT RUNS RIGHT THRU THIS DESPERATE LAND

OUT, INTO A WORLD OF WONDERS
PAST NOWHERE, SEE HOW THEY RUN

YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN DRIVE
BUT, YOU NEVER ARRIVE
YOU CAN BEG, YOU CAN CRAWL
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
YOU CAN CHEAT, YOU CAN TRY
BUT THE ROAD NEVER LIES
STRAIGHT WHITE LINES, NO STOP SIGNS
IT RUNS RIGHT THRU, --ohhhhhhhh

YOU CAN WALK, YOU CAN DRIVE
BUT, YOU NEVER ARRIVE
YOU CAN BEG, YOU CAN CRAWL
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
YOU CAN CHEAT, YOU CAN TRY
BUT THE ROAD NEVER LIES
`IT RUNS RIGHT THRU
thru THIS DESPERATE LAND

IT RUNS RIGHT THRU
thru THIS DESPERATE LAND