Radio waves are coming miles and miles 
Bringing only empty boats 
Whatever feeling they had when they sailed 
Somehow slipped out between the notes 

Out on the desert now and feeling lost 
The bonnet wears a wire albatross 
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross
Sighing just a little bit 
Sighing just a little bit 

And I was thinking about what Katy done 
Thinking about what Katy did 
The fairest daughter of the Pharaoh's son 
Dressed in gold beneath pyramids 

Out on the desert now and feeling lost 
The bonnet wears a wire albatross 
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross 
Sighing just a little bit 
Sighing just a little bit 

Ones and zeroes bleeding mesa noise 
And when you're empty there's so much space for them 
You turn it off but then a still small voice 
Comes in blazing from some vast horizon 

And I was thinking about my river days 
I was thinking about me and Jim 
Passing Cairo on a getaway 
With every steamboat like a hymn 

Out on the desert now 
I'm feeling lost 
The bonnet wears a wire albatross 
Monster ballads and the stations of the cross 
Sighing just a little bit 
Smiling just a little bit