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Lyrics

HEART LIKE A DESERT

She left on a Tuesday, the sun burning low
Made that long drive east back to New Mexico
She left a note in the kitchen and I read it slow
“Can’t live this way no more, so it’s time to go.”

Now the wind talks louder then the words I never said
The nights last far too long in an empty bed
She’s a thousand miles gone and I’m alone
With a heart like a desert…dry as a bone

She gave me her time and love and now I’m to blame
I stacked the firewood high but never started the flame
Don’t know why I stalled…what I was waiting for
It was no secret that I had to give her more

Now the wind talks louder then the words I never said
The nights last far too long in an empty bed
She’s a thousand miles gone and I’m alone
With a heart like a desert…dry as a bone

I’ve got a heart like a desert…cracked and bare
A sunburned soul too stubborn to care
I kept her love at an arm’s length away
This heart like a desert won’t see no rain today

She left on a Tuesday, the sun burning low
Made that long drive east back to New Mexico
But I was far too proud…too afraid to fall
Built a wall so high, I couldn’t hear her call

Now the wind talks louder then the words I never said
The nights last far too long in an empty bed
She’s a thousand miles gone and I’m alone
With a heart like a desert…dry as a bone

I’ve got a heart like a desert deep and wide
With echoes of a lost love that I let slide
A heart like a desert is what I chose to give
But I learned this ain’t no place for love to live

© 2026 Christopher Iverson Music/BMI
words & music: Christopher Iverson