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

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home

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 gate

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home

Duluth is lost in a mist the escapes

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

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home

The rangers 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

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home is where my love abides

My home