Canola Fields
James McMurtry
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I was thinking 'bout you, crossing Southern Alberta Canola fields on a July day About the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug You used to drive around San Jose Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you Party on wheels with suicide doors Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too We always had room for more 'Til that white-knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz Second-best surfer on the central coast Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos And I could've cut his throat And it wasn't like we were an item to start with It had no basis in fact But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes I don't wanna think about that, I don't wanna think about that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there We all drifted away with the days getting shorter Seeking our place in the greater scheme Kids and careers and a vague sense of order Busting apart at the seams I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister I doubt you'd have called it familial bliss We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster You carried your keys in your fist In a way back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashing in on a thirty-year crush You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there Or I'll be lost out there I was thinking 'bout you crossing Southern Alberta Canola fields at harvest time Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows Brown rusty contour lines And there's not much moving on the romance radar Not that I'm craving it all that much But I still need to feel every once in a while The warmth of a smile and a touch And in a way back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashing in on a thirty-year crush You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there I'll be lost out there I'll be lost out there
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