Northwest

One, two, three, go St. Helen's ash is evergreen Forever rainin' in my dreams I don't need a picture To remember Tilton River Rollin' back behind our house Of all the byways I've been down Highway 508 knows me the best The compass in my heart still points Northwest Where the trees grow mountain tall Most of the summer feels like fall Salmon run and the eagles fly You're in Heaven but you didn't die Whistleblowin' at the mill Hickory shirts'll pay the bills I dream in shades of green and gray and gold And I go home To Lewis County Loggin's show White Pass covered up in snow Make it back for Christmas God knows how bad I miss it Lookin' through a bus window On the road again, you know That song that's in my soul is why I left But my heart still points Northwest Where the trees grow mountain tall Most of the summer feels like fall Salmon run and the eagles fly You're in Heaven, but you didn't die (oh) Whistleblowin' at the mill Hickory shirts'll pay the bills I dream in shades of green and gray and gold And I go home I go home, Pacific coast Cottonwood smoke, it's in my bones Oh, take me home Where the trees grow mountain tall Most of the summer feels like fall Salmon run and the eagles fly You're in Heaven, but you didn't die (oh) Through the clouds I see the sun Shinin' down where I come from I dream in shades of green and gray and gold And I go home Take me home, yeah, I go home Cottonwood smoke Takes me home In my bones