There Is No Arizona

Written by Jamie O'Neal/Lisa Drew/Shaye Smith

He Promised her a New and better life out in Arizona
underneath the blue never endin' sky,
swore that he was gonna get things in order,
he'd send for her
when he left her behind it never crossed her mind

There is no Arizona
No Painted Desert, No Sedona,
If there was A Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her,
but they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find there is no Arizona.


She got a postcard with no return address, postmarked Tombstone
It Said I don't know where I'm goin' next,
but when I do I'll let ya know
May, June, July she wonders why she's still waiting
She'll keep waiting cause

There is no Arizona
No Painted Desert, No Sedona,
If there was A Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her,
but they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find there is no Arizona.

Each day the sun sets into the west,
her heart sinks lower in her chest,
and friends keep askin' when she's goin',
Finally she tells them
Don't you know

There is no Arizona
No Painted Desert, No Sedona,
If there was A Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her,
but they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find there is no Arizona.


He promised her a new and better life, out in Arizona

fly away fly

There is a colony of fire flies which live
in the bushes and trees outside of my apartment
building. The other night, when the Goose came
to pick me up, I stood outside and put my hands
up to catch their little twinkling lights.

They land on my fingers, touch down, and push
back off again in the air. Tiny floating.
I'm reminded of my childhood when I would chase
them for hours, until it was so dark you couldn't
see anymore. I'd chase them until my mother
called me back into the house.

I cup one in my palms and let it shine on my skin.