The Cactus (feat. Frances Quinlan)

A boy decides he cannot walk

Boy decides to take the train

And sing and swing his arms softly

Watch himself in the window pane

And he says, "This is necessary

And though she said I should not run again

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

Because she's in love with an animal

Nothin' to hold in his arms

They both became mechanical

Only the girl in the airplane

He 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

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, "How 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 searchin' for you, man, all the while

There ain't no birds out here near the cactus

The place where you are lyin'"

But the raw pink sky is clear as he turns his head

And said, "Is that 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 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 waitin' all the while"

And 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 waitin' 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 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