Baba Brinkman, Smoky Tiger - The Road Northwest lyrics
[Baba Brinkman, Smoky Tiger - The Road Northwest lyrics]
Dance, dance, dance down the road
Observe the ancient code of rhythm and flow
I've been all across the map
But I'm always going back
To the Pacific Northwest
Cause that's where I rest at
Plus, sometimes I soberly ask myself
What's my backup plan in
Case of global collapse
And I feel, it's not an over reaction
Hell no imagine a total absence of authority
It's happened many times in
The past historically
With survivors fighting over scraps
And acting horribly
Maybe I shouldn't believe Cormack McCarthy
But what's your plan to go back to Kansas
Dorothy
When the grocery stores close their doors
But it isn't a civil war
Just millions of poor and civilians beginning
To starve with no energy source
Could you pack your things and
Go live in the forest?
Until the public trust wasn't so touch and go
Could you provide for a tribe of 25 or so
You better find a place where
The wild mushrooms grow
Where the bucks and does graze on
The side of the roads
Kinda sounds like a place that
I grew up in though
As anyone in British Columbia knows
West Coast the road Northwest
On the road observe the ancient code
Of rhythm and flow
Dance, dance, dance down the road
But never let them steal your soul
Go east and you'll find civilization's
Increasingly ancient, expansive land masses
Palaces built on the ruins of sand castles
Layer after layer of man's trappings go west
And you'll meet the limit's of human advances
Buildings get increasingly ramshackled
With summers of abundance and
Winters of avalanches
Wilderness that hit's you right
In the Adam's Apple yeah, it's magical
It's a survivalist's dream
With landlocked salmon spawning up
Wide crystal streams
And forest as far as the eye can see
Even when you climb to the
Peak of the highest tree
Am I making sense, all I'm saying is 'Yes!'
There's no place on this planet
Like the Canadian West
And when climate change hit's
Me and my people might just make a nest
And watch as civilization ends
The road Northwest on the road
Observe the ancient code of rhythm and flow
Dance, dance, dance down the road
But never let them steal your soul
Dance when you're broken, dance to atone
Dance with your blood and
Dance with your bone
Dance in the morning and in the afternoon
Underneath the blazing sun
Underneath the shining moon
Dance for your father and for your son
Dance for your momma 'til your sins are gone
Dance for the dinosaurs who died long ago
Dance for the leprechauns if
There's hidden gold
But, if you wanna steal it
Then you can't be slow
Look there's a rainbow, that's your road
The road Northwest
Observe the ancient code of rhythm and flow
I've been all across the map
But I'm always going back
To the Pacific Northwest
Cause that's where I rest at
Plus, sometimes I soberly ask myself
What's my backup plan in
Case of global collapse
And I feel, it's not an over reaction
Hell no imagine a total absence of authority
It's happened many times in
The past historically
With survivors fighting over scraps
And acting horribly
Maybe I shouldn't believe Cormack McCarthy
But what's your plan to go back to Kansas
Dorothy
When the grocery stores close their doors
But it isn't a civil war
Just millions of poor and civilians beginning
To starve with no energy source
Could you pack your things and
Go live in the forest?
Until the public trust wasn't so touch and go
Could you provide for a tribe of 25 or so
You better find a place where
The wild mushrooms grow
Where the bucks and does graze on
The side of the roads
Kinda sounds like a place that
I grew up in though
As anyone in British Columbia knows
West Coast the road Northwest
On the road observe the ancient code
Of rhythm and flow
Dance, dance, dance down the road
But never let them steal your soul
Go east and you'll find civilization's
Increasingly ancient, expansive land masses
Palaces built on the ruins of sand castles
Layer after layer of man's trappings go west
And you'll meet the limit's of human advances
Buildings get increasingly ramshackled
With summers of abundance and
Winters of avalanches
Wilderness that hit's you right
In the Adam's Apple yeah, it's magical
It's a survivalist's dream
With landlocked salmon spawning up
Wide crystal streams
And forest as far as the eye can see
Even when you climb to the
Peak of the highest tree
Am I making sense, all I'm saying is 'Yes!'
There's no place on this planet
Like the Canadian West
And when climate change hit's
Me and my people might just make a nest
And watch as civilization ends
The road Northwest on the road
Observe the ancient code of rhythm and flow
Dance, dance, dance down the road
But never let them steal your soul
Dance when you're broken, dance to atone
Dance with your blood and
Dance with your bone
Dance in the morning and in the afternoon
Underneath the blazing sun
Underneath the shining moon
Dance for your father and for your son
Dance for your momma 'til your sins are gone
Dance for the dinosaurs who died long ago
Dance for the leprechauns if
There's hidden gold
But, if you wanna steal it
Then you can't be slow
Look there's a rainbow, that's your road
The road Northwest