Desert Wind © Tom Shindler 1979
(Bridge) Sing to me softly, desert wind;
Sweeping down the plateau, singing through the canyons,
Telling of the places that you’ve been.
Sing to me softly, desert wind.
- Water sings to the forest, Waves sing to the shore,
And I sing for the people that I know.
But you sing to the desert, the canyons and the sun.
Ain’t no place I’ve been that you don’t blow.
(Chorus) Sweeping down the plateau, singing through the canyons,
Telling of the places that you’ve been.|
Sing to me softly, desert wind
- You send the dust clouds rolling across your shifting sands
And take away my footprints as I go
You lift the hawk on silent wings To soar above the land
You breathe a breath of coolness where you blow. (chorus) - And I have heard your lonesome song Echo through the canyons
Singing through the sagebrush and the sand
And I have heard the stillness When you hold your noisy breath
And leave the desert silence on the land. (pause)
(Repeat Bridge)