The Deserters

They took us by the edge of the desert

And they laid them down in the sand

Carrie picked at her nails in the sunshine

Solid just stayed in the van



On the old high orchard she had asked him

To promise her that he'd never leave

He would've died at the outskirts of towers

The night he started having the dreams



She chased him all the way to the border

But he was only picking up speed

He doubled back and finally lost her

By rolling into a ravine



But he could still hear her crying behind him

From the rocky bank where he hid

He doubled his shoulders right up to his chin and stared up at the firmament



They found him with his eyes wide open

At a place called the joshua tree

"I'll never go away for good," he said

He promised her that he'd never leave



He promised her that he'd never leave