I met you in the forest where the borealis shined

And every fish in that old lake could tell that you were mine

We sang there to each other

And the falls they lent an ear

My old life fell away like mahogany veneer

When we got to New York City

All our dreams were waiting there

Pennies in our pockets

Sunshine in our hair

We stood out on the ferry

The wind was at our cheek

We scanned our new horizons and the vastness made us weep

And we fell in love with Memphis

With its muddy bleeding heart

Down on Union Street they’re taking rock n roll apart

The sunset on the delta

The whistle of the train

And all the boarded buildings made me long for Winnipeg

And when we got to New Orleans we found a city on its knees

Homes hung with shadows

And streets lined with weeds

We went down to the old quarter and not a sole was there

The mighty Mississippi silent as a prayer

Driving across Saskatchewan the road straight as a knife

We learned that Terry Burg had taken his own life

Did his hand betray his conscience

Was he lost or was he found

We hauled 16 hours back just to put him in the ground

On the night that we left Nashville

Johnny’s house was burning down

Crossed into Kentucky in the dark without a sound

Radio static

The moon was out of sight

I watched you sleep beside me

Turned off the dashboard light