Raincoat on the Desert Road

(hummmmm) Leaving keys on the counter top

Desert heat on the blacktop road

You wore the jacket I left behind

Even though you knew the story told

A yellow raincoat on the back of the chair

That never dried from the summer storm

You wear it anyway,

you don't care

And the heat-shimmer rises up high

Like the secrets we tried to keep

Underneath the wide open sky (ohhh)

The roommate heard the kitchen fight

Watched you pack the heavy case

Now we're driving through the night

Trying to erase your face

And the heat-shimmer rises up high

Like the secrets we tried to keep

Underneath the wide open sky (ohhh)

That yellow coat upon the chair...

Still damp from yesterday