A brother needs a hand to break his bread

A sister needs an ear to hear her vent

A father needs a man to take his stead

A mother needs a child to lay their head

Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere there's a place to lay my head

Oh lover will this burden be unshed

There has to be a place to lay my head

Alberta in the fall to keep me fed

Winter in the east to wet my lips

Come springtime my dormancy will end

And I'll cast all my boots of heavy led

Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere there's a place to lay my head

Oh lover will this burden be unshed

There has to be a place to lay my head

Ain't no need to heed the morning call

The income of a lover broke my fall

Though she's quick to always go and make my bed

This still ain't no place to lay my head

Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere there's a place to lay my head

Oh lover will this burden be unshed

There has to be a place to lay my head