The Cactus (feat. Frances Quinlan)

Now, boy decides he cannot walk Boy decides to take the train And sing and swing his arms softly Watch himself in the windowpane And he says, "This is necessary And though she said I should not run again And I just could not live under the same roof as him And in the desert I deserve some sleep And I need recourse for the course I am taking" And we just got word from your mother Who said she's awfully sorry But she understands It's just she loves her man But what's the problem? Yeah, he's been burnin' your blankets all this time It's, it's for your own good That you learn to be a cold man too And he could not go home to his mother 'Cause she's in love with an animal Nothing to hold in his arms They both became mechanical Only the girl in the airplane he'd Read about when he was small Could save him Be the friend he needed all along And she'd love him, she'd love him, love him In the desert, there's a man with his arms by his side But they're severed so the day when he will look into her eyes He'll say "I have been waving to get your attention all this time" And he will not see a river for another thousand miles But her lips will be like water when she gives the boy a smile And says, "I have been searching for you, man, all the while" There ain't no birds out here near the cactus The place where you are lying But the raw pink sky is clear, and she turns his head And said, "Is it a jet propeller I hear?" And she says "Boy, am I glad to see you" And boy decides to hold her hand with the hands held by The new arms that she had brought and given him Only the girl in the airplane he'd swore he'd seen when he was small Could save him, be the friend he'd needed all along And he'd love her, he'd love her In the desert, there's a plant with its arms raisin' high And they're never gonna sever 'cause she looks into his eyes Today to say, "I've been waiting all the while" In the desert, there's a plant with its arms raisin' high And they're never gonna sever cause she looks into his eyes Today to say, "I've been waiting all the while" Yeah, she saved him It was so lovely She saved him I wish somebody'd up and save me Yeah, she saved him It was so lovely She'd saved him I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me