AUTUMN AIR
IT CARRIES ME THERE
LESS THAN AN HOUR
TO GO
SIX HUNDRED MILES
AN HOUR
AND STILL IT FEELS
SO SLOW
I'M TRYING TO
GET BACK TO
BURLINGTON
TO A SQUARE
IN THE CENTER
OF TOWN
TO A SPOT
ON A WOODEN TABLE
WHERE HER FEET
DIDN'T REACH
THE GROUND
AND WHEN SHE
KISSES ME
IT TASTED LIKE
CINNAMON
AND HER SKIN
SMELLS OF CIDER
AND ROSE
AND WHEN SHE
LOOKED AT ME
WE BOTH GOT QUIET
AND MY HEART
BEATS SO HARD
WE WERE IN
SO CLOSE
ONCE FOR SUCH
A BEAUTIFUL WHILE
THAT STILL MAKES ME
SMILE
AND SHE CALLED ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I WOULD CALL HER
MY CANADIAN FLOWER
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT WE'LL EVER GET
THERE AGAIN
WE HAD SUCH POWER
AND SHE WOULD
CALL ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I'LL REMEMBER
MY CANADIAN ROSE
ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE FALL
COMES TO BURLINGTON
WE WERE IN SO CLOSE
OH
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
I FINALLY MADE IT
THIS TOWN LOOKS
REARRANGED
I DON'T KNOW
THESE PEOPLE
ANYMORE
BUT IN
THE BEST WAYS
NOT MUCH ELSE
HAS CHANGED
FROM THE WAY
IT WAS BEFORE
AND AT LEAST
THEY STILL HAVE THIS
CERTAIN TABLE
WHERE I ONCE CARVED
A PARTICULAR NAME
I RUN MY FINGERS
THROUGH
THE WEATHERED
CARVING
AND I ALMOST
CAN FEEL THE SAME
AND MY MOUTH
IT ALMOST TASTES
JUST LIKE CINNAMON
AS I PONDER
WHAT MY PILGRIMAGE
MEANS
AND I TRY TO
FIGURE OUT
WHERE VANCOUVER
IS FROM HERE
AND I LISTEN
TO THE LEAVES
IF ONLY FOR
A BEAUTIFUL WHILE
THAT STILL MAKES ME
SMILE
AND SHE CALLED ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I WOULD CALL HER
MY CANADIAN FLOWER
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT WE'LL EVER GET
THERE AGAIN
WE HAD SUCH POWER
AND SHE CALLED ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I'LL REMEMBER
MY CANADIAN ROSE
ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE FALL
COMES TO BURLINGTON
WE WERE IN SO CLOSE
24 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
AND EVERY SINGLE
HOPE AND DREAM
I COULD EVER
CONJURE UP
PASSIONATELY
SPRINGS IN ME
AND ALL THINGS
ARE POSSIBLE
PLAUSIBLE
AND PERFECTLY
BOTH OF OURS
FOREVER AFTER
AND EVERY DAY
AT LEAST IT SEEMED
THAT WAY
ONCE FOR SUCH
A BEAUTIFUL WHILE
THAT STILL MAKES ME
SMILE
AND SHE CALLED ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I WOULD CALL HER
MY CANADIAN FLOWER
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT WE'LL EVER GET
THERE AGAIN
WE HAD SUCH POWER
AND SHE WOULD
CALL ME
HER UGLY AMERICAN
AND I'LL REMEMBER
MY CANADIAN ROSE
ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE FALL
COMES TO
BURLINGTON
WE WERE IN SO CLOSE