| chorus 1 |
There was a time when the desert was in
bloom |
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Moonlight shone on Apache Plume |
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We fell in love beneath the strawberry
moon |
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There was a time when the desert was in
bloom |
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1. |
Hand in hand, we picked a careful way |
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Through prickly pear and yellow blossom
sage |
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You kissed me there, underneath the laughing
stars |
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And a wonderland of sand and stone was
ours |
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| chorus 1 |
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2. |
The summer sun grew too hot to bear |
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I closed my eyes to protect them from
the glare |
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The blossoms died, vanished in the shifting
sands |
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Like the love you gave me vanished from
my hands |
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| chorus 2 |
There was a time when the desert was in
bloom |
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Moonlight shone on Apache Plume |
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The cactus wren sings a mournful tune |
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There was a time when the desert was in
bloom |
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| chorus 1 |
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|
coda |
There was a time when the desert was in
bloom |
