Brass watch warms against my palm
Mesa stretches wide and gold
Time ticks slow in canyon calm
Stories etched in lines of old
This brass heart keeps desert time
Steady as the sun's slow climb
I stay rooted while seasons rhyme
Watch the light paint canyon lines
Alto breath still shapes the air
Hymns rise up from sandstone floor
Choir voice becomes a prayer
Sung to walls that know the score
Tape echo rolls off canyon walls
Sub bass shakes the juniper roots
Spring reverb on dusty falls
Dub rhythm in cowboy boots
This brass heart keeps desert time
Steady as the sun's slow climb
I stay rooted while seasons rhyme
Watch the light paint canyon lines
Loss carved deep in river stone
But brass face still catches dawn
I wear time like skin and bone
Resilient as the day is long
Pocket watch sings steppers beat
Four on floor through ancient land
Rhodes chords warm the winter heat
Soul samples sift through sand
This brass heart keeps desert time
Steady as the sun's slow climb
I stay rooted while seasons rhyme
Watch the light paint canyon lines
Brass keeps beating desert time
Steady as the sun once more
Brass keeps time on canyon floor
