DESIREE
( J. Wilson)
© Ochiltree 136 Publishing (1997)

Desiree I know you think there’s nothing I can say
Can’t explain, no reason for the look upon my face
Your mother’s tired of running
but we’ve run too long to stay
And you’re too young to run alone Desiree

The bus can get hot, no ‘ac’ on a prairie summer day
The ride is so long; left B.C. and we’re still a ways away

They said go west boy, nothing in the east
Do your best boy by your family
Said we were too young, wouldn’t take care of responsibilities
Didn’t know how to raise a child – or have a family
But we’re here now, headed eastbound
Nowhere special, just some eastern town

Five days on,
our destination could you ever know
Dawn’s going to break, showing us – N.B. as our new home
When the sunlight hits your strawberry hair
I’ll be happy that I lived to take you there

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From the Album: DARK CORNERS