Here I stand, a free man, I
Finding it too hard to lie
Your regard pleads me to stay
Yet still I must make my way
God has answered my one plea
I will walk forever free
We must part, heart to heart
Though still we will always be

CHORUS:
Rock and water, fish and tree
Calling loud and long for me
From the land where I'll be blessed
A home within the New Northwest

From the truth we cannot hide
I cannot stay by your side
You will have to let me go
Knowing all that I now know
Secrets we both have a few
This one I have told to you
Salt and loam, hearth and home
Will give to me life anew

There's a time I know not when
Separate paths may cross again
Eyes will meet and hands will clasp
Pain this day will loose it's grasp
We'll both have our lives and still
Of this bond not have our fill
Trust my friend, in the end
It's all up to heaven's will

There's the land where I'll be blessed
My home within the New Northwest