Native Of The Northlands

Now here's a man you won't remember

Moved as slowly as the tide

Saw him coming in September

Kept her waiting till July

He said he wasn't meant to love her

He said he couldn't stand the noise

Moves where made in the right places

Until he didn't have a choice

We talked about his late surrender

As if it didn't make her cry

He took a knife out to his anchor

And rowed away into the night

(You)

You been dancing with your eyes closed

(You)

You've been away and you've been wild

(Day)

Some day I'll be enough for her

(You)

You've been away and you've been wild Rose

I tilt my cap of New York leather

While she settle's on her throne

I teach a man the cucaracha

Feel the tremble in her bones

He's not the kid that she remembers

Not now he floats around the floor

I'm a native of the northlands

But not the kind you've seen before

(You)

You been dancing with your eyes closed

(You)

Oh, you've been away and you've been wild

(Day)

Some day I'll be enough for her

(You)

You've been away and you've been wild Rose

(Some day I'll be enough for her)

Wild Rose

(You'll be the fountain of my lies)

Wild Rose

(You'll be the death of me tonight)

Wild Rose

(Dead wood can offer you a ride)

Wild Rose

But it won't be for long

How can she find this great illusion

Will lead her down the righteous path

See the light come shining through her

No one can hide a thing like that

And when I settle in Tahiti

Or off the Gulf of Mexico

I'll remember where I came from

And be the man she'll never know

(You)

You been dancing with your eyes closed

(You)

Oh, You've been away and you been wild

(Day)

Some day I'll be enough for her

(You)

You've been away and you been wild Rose