rocky mountain suite (cold nights in canada)

up in a meadow in jasper

alberta

two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride

to see the high country and learn of her people

the ways that they lived there

the ways that they died

and one is a teacher and one a beginner just wanting to be there and wanting to know

and together they're trying to tell us a story that should have been listened to long

long ago

how the life in the mountains is living in danger from too many people

too many machines

and the time is upon us

today is forever

tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams

cold nights in canada and icy blue winds

the man and the mountains are brothers again

clear waters are laughing

they sing to the skies. the rockies are living

they never will die

up in a meadow in jasper

alberta

two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride