here i am sitting naked up a tree

i'm counting the stars and miles

that hang between you and me

don't want it to be so far

but it would be so much worse

i was as far away from me as you are

out in the desert where the birds sing all night

when the moon's as bright

out in the desert where the birds sing all night

so you complain to me

over these scratchy long distance wires

you say i've waited long enough for you girl

all this extra time just makes me so cranked and tired

i wanna know how you and i you're gonna be

with a glow just fade

would there be enough to you

would there be enough to me

to light up the desert

enough to make the birds wanna sing all night

like we did that time

when you just stopped in the middle of it all

to say welcome to creed more texas darling

out in creed more texas

where the cattle make a rocket all night long

but the birds and the dogs

and the donkeys are all out there

casting up their lunar songs

where we camped out on top of that old trailer

and then you fell asleep too soon yeah

so i just wrapped my arms around myself

and watched you sleeping pretty in the moon

so here i am i'm stuck naked of this tree

i'm thinking about haley's comet baby

and i'm thinking about

you and i'm thinking about me

and will we travel that far

we travel long enough to circle back around

to watch that same old shooting star

out in the desert where the birds sing all night

when the moon's as bright

out in the desert with the birds and the trees

and that's me and i'm singing to you again

singing tonight