Saguaro arms chart the morning sky
Carnegiea gigantea standing high
Creosote releases rain-scent oil
Larrea tridentata tends the soil
Highway cuts through organ pipe land
Double bass hums in the steering hand
Rhodes piano paints the yellow line
Muted trumpet calls at sunset time
Root and route both search for light
Desert detective drives all night
Badge stays locked in the glove compartment
Case file folded, temporary retirement
Ocotillo spines trace power wires
Fouquieria splendens, desert fires
Highway cuts through organ pipe land
Double bass hums in the steering hand
Rhodes piano paints the yellow line
Muted trumpet calls at sunset time
Root and route both search for light
Desert detective drives all night
Caliche layers hold ancient water
Patience measured in geological quarter
Arroyo waits for monsoon fury
Dry wash ready for sudden jury
Highway cuts through organ pipe land
Double bass hums in the steering hand
Rhodes piano paints the yellow line
Muted trumpet calls at sunset time
Root and route both search for light
Desert detective drives all night
Roots follow cracks in pavement seams
Tires eat miles through fever dreams
Photosynthesis at sixty-five
Investigation keeps me alive
Chlorophyll and asphalt dust
Justice grows in broken trust
Mile marker twelve, the sun goes down
Brushed drums roll through the border town
Upright bass walks the center stripe
Trumpet mutes the fading light
Case goes cold but the highway stays
Open road for off-duty days
Highway cuts through organ pipe land
Double bass hums in the steering hand
Rhodes piano paints the yellow line
Muted trumpet calls at sunset time
Root and route both search for light
Desert detective drives all night
Root and route both search for light
Desert detective drives all night
Saguaro watches the taillights fade
Carnegiea gigantea, serenade