We were out in Arizona *
On the Painted Desert ** ground
We had no place to call our own home
And work could not be found.
We started to California
But our money, it didn't last long
I want to be in Oklahoma
Be back in my old home.
A way out on the desert
Where water is hard to find
It's a hundred miles to Tempe***
And the wind blows all the time.
You will burn up in the day time
Yet you're cold when the sun goes down****
I wanna be in Oklahoma
Be back in my home town.
You people in Oklahoma
If you ever come west
Have your pockets full of money
And you better be well dressed.
If you wind up on the desert
You're gonna wish that you were dead
You'll be longing for Oklahoma
And your good old feather bed.
On the Painted Desert ** ground
We had no place to call our own home
And work could not be found.
We started to California
But our money, it didn't last long
I want to be in Oklahoma
Be back in my old home.
A way out on the desert
Where water is hard to find
It's a hundred miles to Tempe***
And the wind blows all the time.
You will burn up in the day time
Yet you're cold when the sun goes down****
I wanna be in Oklahoma
Be back in my home town.
You people in Oklahoma
If you ever come west
Have your pockets full of money
And you better be well dressed.
If you wind up on the desert
You're gonna wish that you were dead
You'll be longing for Oklahoma
And your good old feather bed.
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** Painted Desert : Il "Deserto Dipinto" e' un deserto dell'Arizona noto per i suoi colori brillanti e variegati: questi includono la roccia rossa più comune, ma anche sfumature di lavanda.
*** Tempe : citta' dell'Arizona
**** L’escursione termica fra il giorno e la notte infatti puo’,nel “Deserto Dipinto , raggiungere i 20 gradi Celsius.