Six Red Cannas (feat. Vivian Wang, Félicia Atkinson, and Laura Jean)

Red cannas in the sky
 Red cannas in the sky
 I didn't think about it at the time
 I didn't think about it at the time
 But in the desert
 I think I was trying to write to Georgia O'Keeffe
 Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
 Like Joni Mitchell writes to Amelia Earhart
 When she is driving, driving, driving in the desert
 As if a song can communicate
 With the spirits or awaken the dead
 I mean, isn't that what it's for?
 1927
 I mean, isn't that what it's for?
 1929, 1946
 I mean, isn't that what it's for?
 1976, 1980
 1986, 1999
 Awaken the dead
 I was but wasn't quite writing
 "I spotted six red cannas"
 As I was driving towards Ghost Ranch
 In the north of New Mexico
 New, New, New, New, New, New, New Mexico
 New, New, New, New, New, New, New Mexico
 But I was seeing them
 Red cannas in the sky
 Red cannas in the sky
 As they were tearing up the heavens
 Opening the zipper
 To let loose all kinds of spirits, of spirits, of spirits
 1943
 And you know, there used to be an ocean here
 1937, 1924
 We used to be all under water
 1821, 1563
 We used to be all under water
 Clovis points
 We used to be all under water
 The Niobraran Sea
 We used to be all under water
 The ocean
 We used to be all under water
 The ocean
 We used to be all under water
 The ocean, in the ocean
 We used to be all under water
 The ocean, the ocean
 We used to be all under water