[Verse 1] Heat rising off the pavement But your skin felt cool on me Lipstick tasted like trouble Sweet as stolen water, free You laughed low in my left ear Pulled me closer by the belt Time got drunk in that back room Nothing else was ever felt [Chorus] You were my mirage in the moonlight Oasis in my wasted July I drank you down, every whisper Till the desert in my chest ran dry Now I wake up, hands still reaching Sheets still holding on to your sigh You were my mirage in the moonlight Gone at dawn, but you quenched me for a while [Verse 2] Sweat tracing down your shoulder Like a river I could lose Every breath a little weaker Every secret something new You moved slow, then you moved faster Had me begging for a pause But you vanished with the sunrise Like you’d never been at all [Chorus] You were my mirage in the moonlight Oasis in my wasted July I drank you down, every whisper Till the desert in my chest ran dry Now I wake up, hands still reaching Sheets still holding on to your sigh You were my mirage in the moonlight Gone at dawn, but you quenched me for a while [Bridge] [Harmonica and sax curl around the vocal, bass digs deeper] Did I dream you, darlin’ Or did you dream me too (oh, tell me) I still taste that heaven On a tongue that’s missing you One soft touch, one long night Was it real, or was it lies Either way, I’d cross that distance Just to die in those blue eyes [Chorus] You were my mirage in the moonlight Oasis in my wasted July I drank you down, every whisper Till the desert in my chest ran dry Now I’m crawling through the memory Bare and burned beneath the sky You were my mirage in the moonlight Gone at dawn… but you quenched me for a while (oh, for a while)
