When I am older    When I am 94    I'm gonna die in the desert    That's what the desert's for    And there'll be no water    No rain, no hail, no tears    'Cos it never rains in the desert    Like it has where I live here       I look up and see a million stars in the sky    Not a sound but the ringing in my ears when I die    In the desert    That's what the desert's for       When I am older    When I am 98    I'm gonna die in the city    That's why the city's great    And there'll be no silence    To make me stop and fear    'Cos it's never quiet in the city    Like it is where I live here       I look out and see all the traffic passing by    The smog in the air and the lights    When I die in the city    That's why the city's great       When I am older    When I am 99    I'm gonna die in the country    That's why the country's mine       And there'll be no concrete   Just green trees and some cows    'Cos it's never hard in the country    Like it is where I live now    But if I die tonight in my bed    Still in this town    And all these sounds in my head    I'll never have been to the desert, the city the country to die there    Because I was busy and blind    And I did not find the time    And I would not have felt alive