Kootenai

For Tim Lander

I roamed around the world to find

A place to give me peace of mind

But I ain't found anything as kind

As my home in the Kootenai mountains

Kootenai mountains strong and high.

Going back home to the Kootenays

Going to get my soul untied

I've been down in the city too long

I think my brains are getting fried.

Hang out my thumb on the old freeway

Flagged a truck in Manning Park

Make it through Osoyoos

Before the sky got dark.

Had to hang around in Greenwood

Met a poet in a bar

Back seat on a motor bike

Froze my jaw by Castlegar.

But I'm back home by the lake shore

And my friends all know I'm home

Hang Vancouver on the clothesline

Next time I'll go by phone.