The Flying Burrito Brothers - Desert Childhood lyrics

Parsons It was off the desert road Fourteen miles up in the canyon I was born Where the rocks were piled up high And when the sun went down They looked like big old monsters You could yell out your whole name And the echo would come back crystal clear And the silence was so deafening I could hear it like thunder in my ears I still taste the sweet cool water As it bubbled out to quench the burning sand And the cottonwoods stood trembling As the desert wind blew soft across the land Somewhere far away a coyote Called out his mournful ghostly song And I knew that very soon Sweet desert childhood would be gone Can a man ever go back home again? Can a man ever live that way again? The old windmill made a groan As it turned around to face the cold of the night The proof of all existence Crackled warm in the flickering firelight And the stars were so perfect That I wondered might this all just be a dream Could this all-alone place really be as magic as it seems? Can a man ever go back home again? Can a man ever live that way again?