a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #

the northwest passage - the merry wives of windsor lyrics

ah, for just one time i would take the northwest passage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
and make a northwest passage to the sea

westward from the davis strait ’tis there was said to lie
the sea route to the orient for which so many died
seeking gold and glory, reaching weathered, broken bones
and a long*forgotten lonely cairn of bones

three centuries thereafter, i take passage overland
in the footsteps of brave kelsey, where his sea of flowers began
watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
the tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain

and through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage cl!cking west
i think upon mackenzie, david thompson and the rest
who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
to race the roaring fraser to the sea
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest passage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
and make a northwest passage to the sea

how then am i so different from the first men through this way?
like them, i left a settled life, i threw it all away
to seek a northwest passage at the call of many men
to find there but the road back home again

tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
and make a northwest passage to the sea

- the merry wives of windsor lyrics

Random Song Lyrics :

Popular