I hear your heartbeat, but you're never there   Like a mirage you haunt me everywhere   All day long I burn for you, lonely in the night   I tried to live alone, but I just can't get it right      Ya' know that this town's like a painted desert   Dead heat, movin' in the city   I'm lost in a painted desert   In a painted desert without you      I've done some thinkin', now that you're not here   I know your reasons and they're still not clear   All I'm sure of is what I got to lose   I tried to be a better loser but it's just no use      Ya' know that this town's like a painted desert   Dead heat, movin' in the city   I'm lost in a painted desert   In a painted desert without you      Walk in the sundown, I search in vain   Waitin' on the wind that whispers out your name   Through concrete canyons echoing a world of other faces   No direction looks like home, where is my oasis?      Ya' know that this town's like a painted desert   Dead heat, movin' in the city   I'm lost in a painted desert   In a painted desert without you   In a painted desert without you   Where is my oasis?