Heart and clock slows down
And the sand reverberates with a tremelous sound
On a diet of water and thick air
I inhale the heat and exhale my share
Barometer's climbin' up their scales
Heat shimmers and the horizon sails
I wouldn't know about the government's policy
But the waterhole water, looks like coffee
Time stopped and heart's slowed
Down the dusty 3rd world road
Down the dusty 3rd world road (down-down-down the dusty road)
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
A full 20 miles wide
Lies glowin' pebbles and nothing beside
And man starts to boil
Can't help being born above a lake of oil
The distant battles don't shoot blanks
And it's goodbye and many tanks
The long shadows used to read like poetry
Now the waterhole water looks like coffee...yeah
Time stopped and heart's slowed
Down the dusty 3rd world road (down-down-down the dusty road)
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
(Solo)
Down the dusty 3rd world road (down-down-down the dusty road)
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
(Down-down-down the dusty road)
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
(Down-down)
Walkin' thick soled
Hey, down the dusty 3rd world road
(Down-down-down the dusty road)
Yeah, down
(Down-down) down the dusty 3rd world road
(Down-down) til the roads turn to sand