Napoleon

It was a leap of a year I was the youngest son

A bare-foot boy on the prairie run

It was the call of the wild it was the love of the laugh

The Elbow River and the Fish Creek Camp

There's a river path I take as I ride on into town

I follow it down to the livery

There's space out here for a boy to be

Bigger than his reveries

Step lightly as you go, catch the Chinook wind out of the Calgary cold

Step lightly as you go, Napoleon knows the long way home

Margaret Armstrong is a hell of a gal

We moved up North to Girouville

Well the land is wild but she makes it sing

My home, my heart, my everything

It’s simple but it's ours

This little skid shack

It’s simple but it's ours for us to build

Margie and me made a family

You love em right, then you watch em grow

And step lightly as you go

Catch the Chinook wind out of the Calgary cold

Step lightly as you go

Napoleon knows the long way home

Hey little girl come and sit with me

Even mountains move after centuries

No there ain't no bears, see they’re all asleep

Be careful here, it's getting steep

There's a thing you’re looking for and you’ll find it when you’re brave

And when you do I hope you think of me

Hey Little Girl oh it's been so sweet

And step lightly as you go

Catch the Chinook wind out of the Calgary cold

Step lightly as you go

Napoleon knows the long way home

Step lightly as you go

Napoleon knows the long way home