Desert on Fire - The Builders and the Butchers

The Desert is on fire and its hotter than the sun

Out a trucker window on a long southwestern run

The heat is bearing down on you God’s calling you a liar

And your paper skin is tore up on the wire

Oh the desert is on fire

The desert is on fire and there is oil in the ground

It only takes a spark or two to watch it all burn down

The vultures and the rattlesnakes are taking down the prey

And the cactus burn like candles on a yellow birthday cake

Oh the desert is on fire

Stand along the highway and watch it burn

The wind is whipping ashes to the urn

The flames are humming right along

Just like electric wires

Oh the desert is on fire, the desert is on fire

The desert is on fire and there’s nowhere left to run

The flames are touching down on you just like the devils tongue

The air is filling up with smoke and the smell of burning tires

From the back seat I can see the flames oh they’re all getting higher

Oh the desert is on fire

Stand along…2x