Northwest

[Verse 1]
St. Helen's ash is evergreen
Forever rainin' in my dreams
I don't need a picture
To remember Tilton River
Rollin' back behind our house
Of all the byways I've been down
Highway 508 knows me the best
The compass in my heart still points northwest

[Chorus]
Where the trees grow mountain tall
Most of the summer feels like fall
Salmon run and the eagles fly
You're in heaven but you didn't die
Whistle blowin' at the mill
Hickory shirts'll pay the bills
I dream in shades of green and gray and gold
And I go home

[Verse 2]
To Lewis County loggin' show
Whitе pass covered up in snow
Make it back for Christmas
God knows how bad I miss it
Lookin' through a bus window
On thе road again you know
That song that's in my soul is why I left
But my heart still points northwest

[Chorus]
Where the trees grow mountain tall
Most of the summer feels like fall
Salmon run and the eagles fly
You're in heaven but you didn't die
Whistle blowin' at the mill
Hickory shirts'll pay the bills
I dream in shades of green and gray and gold
And I go home

[Bridge]
I go home
Pacific coast
Cottonwood smoke
It's in my bones
Oh, take me home

[Chorus]
Where the trees grow mountain tall
Most of the summer feels like fall
Salmon run and the eagles fly
You're in heaven but you didn't die
Through the clouds I see the sun
Shinin' down where I come from
I dream in shades of green and gray and gold
And I go home
Take me home
Yeah, I go home

[Outro]
Cottonwood smoke
Takes me home
In my bones