LYRICS
Verse
After climbing the company ladder, taking care not to fall
He found out when he reached the top rung, it leaned against the wrong wall.
So in spite of the corner office, and because of the hour commute
He decided to quit herding paper clips, and give the suburbs the boot
His wife understood and stood by him, as they packed up and headed out west
Not to Phoenix, L.A. or Las Vegas, but where nobody here would've guessed
Chorus
He wanted a life in Death Valley, amid the Pinyon and Joshua trees
There's something about those crystal-clear nights, and those days of a hundred and three
Not all desert and lost forty-niners; not all borax and twenty mule teams
He hoped Life in Death Valley would be a life about living his dreams
Verse
Drinking coffee at sun-up, watching each day come alive
He ain’t missing the cell phone, e-mail or that long morning drive
He still works until dark-thirty, but on matters close to the heart
Cause he learned long ago how you finish a thing, means as much as it did at the start
His neighbors thought he'd gone crazy; his kids thought he'd lost his mind
The guys at the club thought he had to be dying, leaving the good life behind
Chorus
He wanted a life in Death Valley, amid the Pinyon and Joshua trees
There's something about those crystal-clear nights, and those days of a hundred and three
Not all desert and lost forty-niners; not all borax and twenty mule teams
He hoped Life in Death Valley would be a life about living his dreams
Bridge
No more traffic jams; no pollution or starless nights
No more hanging out in airports missing flights
Chorus
He’s living his life in Death Valley, amid the Pinyon and Joshua trees
There's something about those crystal-clear nights, and those days of a hundred and three
Not all desert and lost forty-niners; not all borax and twenty mule teams
He knew Life in Death Valley would be a life about living his dreams
He knew Life in Death Valley would be a life about living his dreams
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