White Sand, Black Star

Mary I'm tired Of walking on wires And wiping the dust from my eyes I'm lying awake at night Drowning in Bakelite Sauces and home apple pies These polka dot dresses And Sunday confessions Can't wipe the stain from out of the skies Oh New Mexico So long We sent out a cable To the archangel Gabriel And asked for the power of the sun Then we built us a black star Out on the white sands And told all the cameras to come But after the thunder The handshakes and wonder The silence came down like a shroud on everyone Oh New Mexico So long I burned all the pages Of all the newspapers in town And I watched as the ashes Settled like flies on the ground No there's no need to mention The kind of intentions Lining the road I have paved Let's just pull out the driveway And head for the highway We'll say our goodbyes with a wave Don't we all have something We used to believe in Before the truth came along and got in the way? Oh New Mexico So long So long