Palm Trees Passing Me By
Songs of the Desert, performed by Emily Stellar
Words and Music by Christopher Sopher
℗ CosmicCrusaderMusic.com (BMI/ASCAP)
℗ Published by Christopher Sopher Media, LLC © 2011–2025
Valley of the Sun Press – Music – Lyrics: Songs of the Desert
December 1, 2025
Lyrics: Palm Trees Passing Me By
[Chorus]
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m drifting, and I’m laughing, and I’m burning.
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m flying, and I’m falling, and I’m learning.
[Verse 1]
Three weeks she sat still as death in the dirt,
But she breathes again with a violent spurt.
Metal lungs, desert lungs, throttle wide,
No destination on this midnight ride.
Daisy’s low, subwoofer deep,
Open roads whisper, “Don’t fall asleep.”
[Pre-Chorus]
One oh one glows, sixty fades,
I tens shimmer, neon shades.
City veins glowing like serpents, free,
No radar, no cages — it’s just me.
[Chorus]
And the rhythm of the blacktop falls,
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m driving, and I’m driving, and I’m driving…
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m flying, and I’m flying, and I’m flying…
[Verse 2]
Engine hums a ghostly chord,
Cold state’s gone, the fire’s restored.
Top drops low, wind on my face,
Let me ride till time erases this place.
Mustang dreams in a sepia sky,
Chrome angel wings with a battle cry.
The desert breeze calls out my name,
I ain’t coming back, I’m done with the frame.
[Chorus]
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m drifting, and I’m laughing, and I’m burning.
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m flying, and I’m falling, and I’m learning.
[Bridge – breakdown, pedal steel and echoing guitar]
The blacktop sings, my soul unchained,
Stars overhead, nothing remains.
Highways whisper, ghosts reply,
But I keep rolling, no goodbye.
[Final Chorus – full band, harmony vocals soaring]
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
And I’m driving, and I’m flying, and I’m burning.
Palm trees passing me by as I’m going down.
No home, no plan — just the open sound.
[Outro – fading reverb, pedal steel echoes like desert wind]
It’s just me and the Mustang in the open sky…
Palm trees passing me by.
