From the recording Into the Gobi Desert

Lyrics

SLOWLY THROUGH
THE DESERT WE WALK
DESPERATE FOR A WAKE
OF A NEW DAY
 
REBORN AS I WASH
MY BODY IN THE RIVER
TO RINSE MY SINS
I LIVED WITH ASHAMED
 
I DRINK THE FRUIT
IT FILLS MY VEINS
THE FRUIT DECEIVES
MY BONES AGAIN
 
AS I FOLLOW A WOMAN’S CRY
I WANDER INTO THE GOBI DESERT
 
RETURN TO SHAMBHALA
I CAN NO LONGER GRIEVE
I TRY TO LISTEN TO OTHER’S
ADVICE THAT TRYS TO PERSUADE
 
I TRIED TO WEAR
OTHER’S SHOES
I TRIED THE ROAD
LESS TRAVELED
 
BUT I ALWAYS
RETURN TO THIS PLACE
FROM WHICH I’VE BEEN
RUNNING AWAY
 
MY FATE WILL ALWAYS
RETURN ME HERE
TO THIS PLACE
TO THIS STATE
 
AS I FOLLOW A WOMAN’S CRY
I WANDER INTO THE GOBI DESERT
 
RETURN TO SHAMBHALA
TRY TO REFORM ME IF IT’S YOUR WILL
BUT I WILL ALWAYS RETURN   
RETURN TO THE GOBI DESERT