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 it waits arrival

I'd learn to read the bible

I remembered every word just to sing like a bird

And to 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 tyre

If the fox didn't howl it'd save us now

From the bid from highest buyer

And our hair it grew like fire

Like Samson and Delilah

But the rust wouldn't hurt from the dust and 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