Lyrics:

The Desert
Glen Campbell
1992 album Wings Of Victory

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Verse 1

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The desert is a barren land
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A chord diagramAA widerness of rock and sand
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It crys aloud for the fall of the rain
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And ever sifting sea of dust
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That knows no mecry shows no trust
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A chord diagramAA sunbaked waste for a scorpion`s domain

Verse 2

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The dunes they rise the dunes they fall
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Marching forth to conqueor all
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That have no mind to move out of their way
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The man who turns heart away
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From Jesus Christ the King
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Is as a desert

Verse 3

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His sand is made of faith in earthly things
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His hopes become mirages
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And his heart grows cold and cruel
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And when a man enthrones himself as King
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Then His master is a fool

Verse 4

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The desert can move into a garden filled with fruits
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The King of Peace can fall in a holy storm
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His sand can turn to clay for the potter`s hands to shape
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Yes the deserts of the heart can be transformed
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If you open your heart to the Lord

Verse 5

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The desert can move into a garden filled with fruits
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The King of Peace can call in a holy storm
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His sand can turn to clay for the potter`s hands to shape
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Yes the deserts of the heart can be transformed
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If you open open your heart to the Lord
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Open your heart to the Lord