They took us by the edge of the desert   And they laid them down in the sand   Carrie picked at her nails in the sunshine   Sally just stayed in the van      On the old high orchard she had asked him   To promise her that he'd never leave   He would've died at the outskirts of towers   The night he started having the dreams      She chased him all the way to the border   But he was only picking up speed   He doubled back and finally lost her   By rolling into a ravine      But he could still hear her crying behind him   From the rocky bank where he hid   He doubled his shoulders right up to his chin    And stared up at the firmament      They found him with his eyes wide open   At a place called the Joshua tree   "I'll never go away for good," he said   He promised her that he'd never leave      He promised her that he'd never leave