Temperance River Blues

The lake pushes ice into cathedrals
 The leaves are gone from the trees
 Along the highway, they just stand
 Like skeleton bones pushed into sand
 My home is where my love abides
 Paths in the woods along rust-colored rivers
 Washing iron all the way to the lake
 Lives led in solitude from snow to snow
 Heirloom land with no pence for the gates
 My home is where my love abides
 Duluth is lost in a mist, that escapes lord
 That escapes from underneath the streets
 Hides in doorways and in faces
 And makes the lake seem loud
 The waves roll and crash and retreat
 My home is where my love abides
 The ranges are coming down from their slab houses
 To board Viking ships that are bound for Norway
 And they push out over Lake Superior
 Past the cross, past the light to the sea
 My home is where my love abides