I’m walkin’ through the desert <br />Sand gets in your toes <br />Scorpions come bite your feet <br />And dust gets up your nose <br /> <br />But I’m walkin’ with my baby <br />We’re travellin’ hand in hand <br />We’ll make this trip together <br />And reach the Promised Land <br /> <br />I’m climbin’ up the mountain <br />Stumblin’ on the rocks, <br />Little critters bite your flesh <br />Runnin’ like a fox <br /> <br />But I’m walkin’ with my baby <br />We’re travellin’ hand in hand <br />We’ll make this trip together <br />And reach the Promised Land <br /> <br />I’m walkin’ in the wadi <br />Dry as prophet bones <br />Sudden clap of thunder – <br />Flood sweeps sodden stones <br /> <br />But I’m walkin’ with my baby <br />We’re travellin’ hand in hand <br />We’ll make this trip together <br />And reach the Promised Land <br /> <br />I’m walkin’ through the nighttime <br />Countin’ on the star <br />Clouds come coverin’ heaven <br />Don’t know where we are <br /> <br />But I’m walkin’ with my baby <br />We’re travellin’ hand in hand <br />We’ll make this trip together <br />And reach the Promised Land <br /> <br />We’ll reach the land together <br />Oh baby you an’ me <br />We’ll see it from the Golden Heights <br />From desert to the sea <br /> <br />I’m walkin’ with my baby <br />We’re travellin’ hand in hand <br />We’ll make this trip together <br />And reach the Promised Land! <br /> <br />February 2005<br /><br />Linda Hepner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desert-ditty/
