I met you in the forest where the Borealis shine 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 and sunshine in our hair We stood out on the ferry and the wind was at our cheek We scanned our new horizons and the vastness made us weep
We fell in love with Memphis With it's muddy, bleeding heart Down on Union Street their 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
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 soul was there The mighty Mississippi as silent as a prayer
Driving cross Saskatchewan, the road straight as a knife We learned that Terry Berg had taken his own life Did his hand betray his conscience? Was he lost or was he found? We hauled sixteen hours back just to put him in the ground
On the night we left Nashville Johnny's house was burning down We crossed into Kentucky in the dark without a sound The radio was static, the moon was out of sight I watched you sleep beside me and turned off the dashboard light