Big Smoke Lyrics by Beth Carvalho in Prairieography Album.
Big Smoke Lyric
Blinded by the city lights no one can see you stalling
It’s been so long since you’ve seen the prairie stars
You’re not so sure you can recall them
If there was something here for you to find
You may have found it once and lost it now
We used to fly through the woods on the backs of quarter horses
Picking dandelion bouquets for our sister and our mother
We felt like men but we were boys
Too young to know that we were free as fire
You’re lost out in the big smoke
Looking for a way home
There are no straight paths
There’s no easy way
Brother do you remember that warm September morning
We were shooting cans with dad’s 22’ without a worry or a warning
You pulled the trigger down and dropped that deer
And you looked at me with tears in your eyes
I never in a million years thought you’d make that shot
I picture you tonight with your sights still on something so far off
Wherever you are I hope you’re being careful
About the things you think you want
You’re lost out in the big smoke
Without a fire of your own
There are no straight paths
No easy way
The sky is getting hazy, filling up with grain dust
It could be any year that the bank finally gets the best of us
But our cows are fed and the bins are full
We’re hoping to see you before the snow
Chorus
