Lyrics

North Slope


April blew a southern breeze
With change thick in the air
And high upon the rocky peaks
The sun shone everywhere
The streams were swift with runoff
Bathed in noon-day light
Except along the North Slope
Where winter hung on tight

Up upon the North Slope
The granite's slick with ice
If you set out to scale that ridge
It's best if you think twice
It's shoulder turned away from spring
Without a backward glance
One wrong step, you may not get
To have a second chance

It's a place that's hung with shadows
Where the days are never long
And the breezes fill the crevices
To moan an icy song
Cold and unforgiving
To those who learn too late
That perilous and still
The North Slope waits

When I was a young girl
Careless and unarmed
I lost my step and fell from you
In someone else's arms
Though through the years I've made for you
A lifetime of ammends
There's a place deep in your heart
I'll never touch again

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