Canola Fields

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] Till 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 coulda cut his throat [Verse 4] 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 еxtremes I don't wanna think about that I don't wanna think about that [Chorus] Take my hand Mariе Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there [Verse 5] We all filtered away with the days gettin' shorter Seeking our place in the greater scheme Kids and careers and a vague sense of order Busting apart at the seams [Verse 6] 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 [Verse 7] In a way-back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashin' in on a thirty year crush You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that [Chorus] 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 [Verse 8] I was thinkin' 'bout you crossing Southern Alberta Canola fields at harvest time Look like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows In brown rusty contour lines [Verse 9] There's not much movin' 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 [Verse 10] In a way-back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashin' 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 [Chorus] 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'll be lost out there