Realtime - Desert Eyes lyrics

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Pretty as a picture of children in Africa<br />

She rises in the morning with yesterday's eyes<br />

Her lover has left her longing in loneliness<br />

She wants him so badly she misses his lies<br />

I ain't gonna cry<br />

I ain't gonna cry<br />

These eyes are dry<br />

These desert eyes<br />

She walks through a wasteland of dreams and broken promises<br />

Where pimps, pawns, and porno shops thrust neon to the sky<br />

Is she just invisible or so completely isolated<br />

No-one cares to comfort her or even wonders why<br />

I ain't gonna cry<br />

I ain't gonna cry<br />

These eyes are dry<br />

These desert eyes<br />

Water smoothed the wrinkles of her time-worn face<br />

Was it the rain dripping from her hood<br />

I could have offered shelter, perhaps a bite to eat<br />

But the world was warm and dry from where I stood<br />

And I didn't want to frighten her<br />

I didn't have the time<br />

I mean, what could I offer<br />

But a moment's peace of mind?<br />

(Music & lyrics by Delon Dotson; ©1992 Delon Dotson)