Track 2: "I Am Desert, Please Save Me"

Since living in Las Vegas, I have grown to love the desert and its beauties. This song is sung from the desert's perspective.

Lyrics

I Am Desert, Please Save Me

© 2007 Michele Fairbairn

Some people think I’m just wasted space,

Or even just an empty place

To fill with a mall or an oil pump,

Or, even more to my disgrace,

Just a garbage dump.

But, if they could only see my true face,

When I am at my finest hour,

And when I am in full flower . . .

Yes, to some of you I might be just dead desert,

But to the desert tortoise and the wild horse I am dessert.

Please save me.

To the elk and the antelope

I am often their last best hope.

Oh, please don’t make them mope.

Please save me.

To the little lizards and creatures who creep

And the deer and the bighorn sheep

I give food and a place to sleep.

Oh, please don’t make them weep.

Please save me.

Yes, to some of you I might be just dead desert,

But, to the desert tortoise and the wild horse I am dessert.

Please save me.

Please save me.

Please save me.

I am desert.

I am desert.