Backbone (The Desert Child)

Well, they call me the desert child

I was born out in the wild

Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross

With a heart that runs a mile

While the train awaits arrival

I will learn to read the Bible

I remembered every word

Just to sing like a bird

And whistle on down the line

Oh, my backbone, take me back home

Wherever you are, tell 'em my star will leave the light on

Oh, my backbone, harder than stone

I'ma go east, I'ma go west, I'ma come home

Well, the only road to find her

From the tread underneath the tire

If the fox didn't howl, did it save us now

From the bid, from the highest buyer?

And our hair, it grew like fire

Like Samson and Delilah

But the rust wouldn't hurt

From the dust and the dirt

That we used to barb the wire

Oh, my backbone, take me back home

Wherever you are, tell 'em my star will leave the light on

Oh, my backbone, harder than stone

I'ma go east, I'ma go west, I'ma come home

At night, the words were spoken

Will the circle be unbroken?

And the voice went higher from the family choir

And the moon, it played in time

And the boxcar disappeared

With a wave from the engineer

And I always came back

For the coin on the track

'Cause it made me a millionaire

Oh, my backbone, take me back home

Wherever you are, tell 'em my star will leave the light on

Oh, my backbone, harder than stone

I'ma go east, I'ma go west, I'ma come home

I'ma go east, I'ma go west, I'ma come home

They call me the desert child

I was born out in the wild

Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross

With a heart that runs a mile