Grandfather I soar with you In stories heard as a child Babies raising babies Spirits running wild Macabre Magnificence Mortality just begun The bank of Eagle River Flowed empyrean sun You are my home No matter where I roam Magic and mystery Cold Alaskan moon You are my home Found in the language of my kin Laughter without and within You are my home No matter where I roam Magic and mystery Cold Alaskan moon You are my home Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mama Take me home, country roads I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin' That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mama Take me home, country roads I'm honored to be here with you. I am proud to say that I am a fourth generation Alaskan. I am deeply rooted in the rich history and enchantment of the land of the midnight sun. From the stories I heard as a child, I learned about the wild spirits that roam through our family tales. Throughout my life, I have found myself guided by the magic and wonder that I found under the cold Alaskan moon. And I do long for home. Ten years old this little girl stood On fence looking ‘round Her perch was made of dark rough wood Ten feet off the ground This green yard was her pen Full of raspberry thorns The one they kept her in Hear the whisper Follow way of the butterfly The wandering gypsy Who dances in streaming purple rivers & Rainbow hues of delight Whimsy lights the way Steeple high, verses learned Walls grew every day Black and white salvation earned I was led astray Power was my cage Many tithe to her To pay for what’s in store Hear the whisper Follow the way of the butterfly Wandering gypsy Who dances in streaming purple rivers And rainbow hues of delight Whimsy lights the way Shows me how to play Follow way of the butterfly The wandering gypsy Who dances in streaming purple rivers & Rainbow hues of delight Whimsy lights the way Sweet potato baby born on the stage To the crowd’s electric attraction Momma and daddy and their sweet potato thing great satisfaction Life unsealed her secrets as She hid in the shade She stepped out from buh-hind the veil And said screw this charade From floor to ceiling, From earth to sky From birth to the sweet by and by Radiant smile lights up her face cause she knows the curtain’s gonna be erased a smile lights up her face the curtain’s gonna be erased Sweet potato baby Wild and free looking for satisfaction Knows life is more than a stage Ready for action There is no behind or before only baby girl’s search for more A tapestry of timeless tales untold Girl is guided to gates of gold 2x From floor to ceiling, From earth to sky From birth to the sweet by and by Radiant smile lights up her face cause she knows the curtain’s gonna be erased a smile lights up her face cause she knows the curtain’s gonna be erased During my early years, I listened closely to the whispers of my heart, and because of life’s early confusion, I became clearer about who I was inside. I sought fulfillment on life's stage through music. Limitations faded as I pursued more joy for my hungry heart, finding expression first in piano and then singing. The future awaited, ready for my presence. Embracing my wild and free spirit, I stepped forward onto life's grand stage. The king and queen told the maiden Who always did as she was told Now that you live in our Kingdom You must spin this straw to gold Day by bone weary day she did the best that she could Cause, as everybody knows, maidens are always very good Golden minutes, golden days Put all the joy you have in it Straw can spin itself today make golden minutes Now the skin she’s in feels different The spinning wheel sits alone She dances on enchanted ground Under heavens gold rain Heavens gold rain Golden minutes, golden days Put all the joy you have in it Straw can spin itself today Go and make golden minutes Go and make golden minutes You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold So she took her love For to gaze a while Upon the fields of barley In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold Will you stay with me? Will you be my love? among the fields of barley We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we lie in fields of gold I never made promises lightly And there have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We'll walk in fields of gold We'll walk in fields of gold Many years have passed since those summer days Among the fields of barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold My journey is full of riches thank you for sharing them with me today got new shoes toeing the line never sees defeat rain or shine paid all her dues Left behind all ties Buckled shoes the right size She’s taller than him But he doesn’t mind made for each other Just the same kind Platform sandals and bright sunrise Life about to happen Jingle jangle as she steps into heights you can’t imagine The moral of this silly song Isn’t hard to find Find what lifts you up Till you feel fine She’s taller than him But he don’t mind made for each other Just the same kind Now their sole mates Platform sandals and bright sunrise Life about to happen Jingle jangle as she steps into heights you can’t imagine 3X She fidgets on the starting line She’s waving to me the whole time She wears her pompoms to bed She sleeps the sleep of the dead She’s in the basement with love’s first kiss Calling me to come as fragile as the waist of a bee everything to me She’s in the basement with love’s first kiss She calls for me to come Sends a million notes to me every day touches me in every way She holds eternity And she’s in love with me She whispers The elephant was always free Her laughter flows through my veins Her streets have just one name the sun in the the sky n she knows clouds are just passing by Sends a million notes to me every day touches me in every way She holds eternity And she’s in love with me She whispers The elephant was always free 2x she is standing by to bring the feather of Rosemary home Rosemary follows the music Sends a million notes to me every day touches me in every way She holds eternity And she’s in love with me She whispers The elephant was always free Cause She’s the whisper in the tree She whispers The elephant is free