Living in Alberta

I thought I′d leave for a year or two

Make some money and return to you

Outside the darkness passes by

Another shift bus morning ride

The icy fog horizon line

Is not part of nature's grand design

The flare stack makes you think it′s dawn

long before the sun

I'm living in Alberta

miles away from everything I’ve known

Yes I'm living in Alberta

I’m dying to get back home

I′m dying to get back home

I used to walk along the beach

I’d feel the same beneath my feet

Out here there’s no ocean waves

You wouldn’t hear them anyways

Those waves of sand don’t wash and roll

They’re heavy black and fused with oil

A hundred tons in ever load

One never ending road

Yes I'm living in Alberta

miles away from everything I’ve known

Yes I'm living in Alberta

I’m dying to get back home

I′m dying to get back home

Yes I’ve made a lot of friends out here

But it’s not where I being

Yes Alberta she’s been good to me

I’ll miss her when I’m gone

But I’ll know when the tide is in

I’ll feel your breath upon my skin

I’m sitting by the fire again

I’m singing to your ocean

I know I’ll miss the northern lights

But not those minus forty nights

If someone sings a Ron Hynes’ song

He’ll know all the words

Yes I'm living in Alberta

miles away from everything I’ve known

Yes I'm living in Alberta

I’m dying to get back home

I′m dying to get back home

Yes I'm living in Alberta

miles away from everything I’ve known

Yes I'm living in Alberta

I’m dying to get back home

I′m dying to get back home