I was a lonely boy

Out there searching

Couldn't find much joy

Too old to fake it

Too young to hide it away


I played the master thief

Stealing the lives of the people I'd meet

Faking away each day so gracelessly


But there's a price that must be paid

You can't hide out every day

Somebody comes along

And blows your cover all away


Oh I lay down in a meadow in the sky

And I held my breath as I fell into your eyes

I love your hair smells sweet like pure Rocky Mountain air

Like the big sky shining on a Winnipeg night

Dust in the air and the Northern Lights

All in your country wide soul

I love your country wide soul


You sure walk along slow

That's the only speed I've ever seen you go

You take good care of me as the days go by

Is that the mail train I see

Well I hope it's not carrying any news for me

I just can't see myself on the company line


There's another season gone and lord I'm feeling strong

Got to find a way to keep this dream dreaming on


Oh I lay down in a meadow in the sky

And I held my breath as I fell into your eyes

I love your face well it takes me to so many beautiful places

Driving through the night under Prairie stars

Listening to a band in a St. Johns bar

Down by the water on a Halifax shore

Listening to the wind and the ocean roar

Freight train rolling through the Great Divide

The magic in the mushrooms of PEI

All in your country wide soul