I have traveled that country from the Keewanaw headlands
Where the wild gulls do cry from the rocks to the sea
From the cold inland ocean to the Manitou Island
Far away from my home, strange places to see

And the stars will shine bright on the south shore tonight
And the Keewanaw light sweeps over the bay
And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you
On the banks of cold waters at the close of the day

I've drifted through the boom towns, a century dying
Past the ruins of the smelters and the rusted head frames
Down through Mohawk, and Ahneek, Centennial and Lorean
And a hundred sad places that pass without name

And the stars will shine bright on the south shore tonight
And the Keewanaw light sweeps over the bay
And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you
On the banks of cold waters at the close of the day

I have counted the crossties, the dry bones of the railroad
That stretch from the sunrise to the close of the day
And I have counted the miles between me and my truelove
The miles and the highways that carried me away

And the stars will shine bright on the south shore tonight
And the Keewanaw light sweeps over the bay
And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you
On the banks of cold waters at the close of the day

Now the leaves have turned gold, summer's neigh over
The wild geese sweep low over Lake Manganese
In that far away country you walk by slow rivers
Alongside cold waters 'neath the whispering trees

And the stars will shine bright on the south shore tonight
And the Keewanaw light sweeps over the bay
And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you
On the banks of cold waters at the close of the day