Northern Wish

Wake up, raise the curtains

From your deep provincial eyes.

Speak up, for I am certain

That it's no disguise.

'Cause soldiers stopping traffic

Couldn't keep these wheels at bay;

Their guns smoked, then the sun broke,

And we hauled away.

And mothers of the country take two flags and make a sail.

We'll sail the big dominion.

This song is falling...

And did you get my message

On the People's Radio?

I wrote it in Alberta

Across the prairie's spine.

And I'd rather jump the borders

That trail from east to west

And get the booking agent

To find another band.

I built my rocket in a shed.

I'm going to launch it at the sun.

I'm going to launch it from my pad.

Oh, could I get this?

It's my northern wish.

Meanwhile in the forest

In a parliament of trees,

The ink will crack and dry all up,

But the compass will swing anyways.

And we don't need mathematics

And we don't need submarines

To tell how far that the land does go...

Till it hits the shore.

Wake up, raise the curtains

From your deep provincial eyes.

Speak out, for I am certain

This song is over.