2) Back in Manitoba: I grew up in Winnipeg, moving out west to go to school at age 20. I’ve been back many times, and it always struck me the feeling I get when I go back there and see all the people and landscapes that surrounded me as I grew up. I had this image in my head one day of a homesick singer/songwriter riding the train back home to Manitoba after years of chasing dreams, and that resulted in “Back in Manitoba”
Lyrics
Back in Manitoba
Darkness on the prairie, the stars shine so bright
They pierce through the edge of my dream
This rail car’s making its way through the night
Guitar in hand, I cross this frozen scene
I’m coming home...
Eight hours in & I just keep rolling on
Head to the wind, another town to sing my song
Cold hits my skin as I move towards the dawn
I just keep rolling on
I just keep rolling on
Must in Manitoba now
I must be back in Manitoba now
Grain elevators in Swan River shine
Rise from the snow-covered ground
The world pulled me; I left this behind
My future seemed westward-bound
But I’m coming home...
Eight hours in & I just keep rolling on
Head to the wind, another town to sing my song
Cold hits my skin as I move towards the dawn
I just keep rolling on
I just keep rolling on
Must in Manitoba now
I must be back in Manitoba now
I made my way towards a new horizon
Seeking my voice down every lost road
Now the only word that speaks to me is ‘Home’
Eight hours in & I just keep rolling on
Head to the wind another town to sing my song
Cold hits my skin as I move towards the dawn
I just keep rolling on
I just keep rolling on
Must in Manitoba now
I must be back in Manitoba now
Must be back in Manitoba now
Cause it feels like home
