Date Palms

I saw a second California On the shores of the Salton Sea Where the mornings bring mirages Nights of ninety-one degrees I saw the ruins of Mesopotamia The hanging gardens shone at night Everything ran in reverse Like broken traffic lights Date palms and their golden crowns I lay down in these fields I saw the strangest majesty Wheels spun inside of wheels I dreamed of a lost empire On the Imperial Valley floor Where date palms look just like they did Two thousand years before These alien surroundings These eclectic groves and fields Call to mind a kingdom that unto Children was revealed Date palms and their golden crowns I lay down in these fields I saw the strangest majesty Wheels spun inside of wheels So lower me through the roof Won't people think it's strange What kind of royal palace lets Folks enter unarranged? What kind of royal kingdom Is accessible to those Living by forgotten seas Where time forgets to flow? Date palms and their golden crowns I lay down in these fields I saw the strangest majesty Wheels spun inside of wheels