The Wheat Pool
Evergreen
No one else, Love, will sleep in my dreams
You will go, we will go
Over the sands of time, no one else I’d rather find
You will go, we will go
Evergreen. You and me.
A summer spent out by the ocean
a rock band always in motion
another club, another bar
But she was there before the show
said she missed Alberta snow
he took her out for Me ‘N Ed’s
Evergreen. You and me. Only you, Evergreen.
She burned his house down with her smile
he missed the colour of her eyes
she left a note when she stole his heart
it said “Buy a van, or build a boat.
Come and get me from the coast.
Let’s be together like lovers should.”
Evergreen. You and me. Only you, Evergreen.
From their apartment off Whyte ave.,
they packed their lives into a van
pointed the headlights at Toronto
and from the mountain, an avalanche
a TransCanada romance
from the pacific to Lake Ontario.
- for Chris and Lisa Stanton
– first stanza paraphrased from Pablo Neruda.
