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Thread #12369   Message #2726975
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
19-Sep-09 - 08:04 PM
Thread Name: Flying Saucer/Space Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: BENSON ARIZONA
I'm surprised no one's mentioned this one:

BENSON ARIZONA

A million suns shine down but I see only one;
When I think I'm over you, I find I've just begun
The years move faster than the days - there's no warmth in the light
How I miss those desert skies, your cool touch in the night.

Benson, Arizona, blew warm wind through your hair
My body flies the galaxy, my heart longs to be there
Benson, Arizona, the same stars in the sky
But they seemed so much kinder when we watched them, you and I.
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Now the years pull us apart, I'm young and now you're old
But you're still in my heart and the memory won't grow cold
I dream of times and spaces I left far behind
Where we spent our last few days - Benson's on my mind.


Written by Bill Taylor (lyrics) and John Carpenter (music) and performed by John Yager (vocals), John Carpenter, Terry Winkless, Tom Wallace and Justice O'Neil (backup musicians) on the soundtrack to the movie "Dark Star" (1974)