Desert King

Verse 1

Somewhere past Barstow the asphalt turned to sand

Heat waves dancing like a slow motion band

Rattlesnake shadows stretched across the road

I had one last match and a heavy load

Pre-Chorus

The sun cracked open

The highway moaned

My mouth was dry

But my blood was chrome

Chorus

I am the desert king

I ride the burning wind

Every ghost I outran

Every god I called a friend

I am the desert king

Dust and diamond skin

Verse 2

She tasted like mesquite and stolen wine

Hair black as obsidian in the fading light

We laughed at the moon til it turned to bone

Two pale riders with no mercy in their tone

Pre-Chorus

The night peeled open

The stars came slow

My veins on fire

Nowhere left to go

Chorus

I am the desert king

I ride the burning wind

Every ghost I outran

Every god I called a friend

I am the desert king

Dust and diamond skin

Bridge

I made a crown from a license plate

Wore it into the black hills at midnight

She whispered low and I answered loud

Nothing's sacred when you're wearing the shroud

Chorus

I am the desert king

I ride the burning wind

Every ghost I outran

Every god I called a friend

I am the desert king

Dust and diamond skin