Northern Star

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach FL

July 2011

The big iron beast

  Is coming down the track

I guess it's time for me

  To start heading back

The sun is high in the sky

  I guess it's time to say goodbye

Darkness will be coming soon

  Then, in a while, a full moon

The snow will shine real bright

  All the stars will shine tonight

Look for the Northern Star

  It's a long way afar

I don't know why it's called me

  But I gotta go and see

Will put my life in a paper sack

  Catch a moonbeam and head on back

The Northern Star is where I'm going

  For some reason I gotta make a showing

As I stand here looking high up above

  I know I gotta leave my love

But a man can't miss his callin'

  And for sure you can't be late

When it's your turn

  To step up to the plate

Now as the darkness creeps over the mountains

  I will get ready for one last trip

The venture of my life

  Has a very high price

But only a few are willing

  To make the sacrifice

But as I was looking up at the Northern Star

  I realize tis is where my loving pets are

My dogs, my cats, my pig

  My birds, my turtle, and my lizard

They want me to come and party

  And be together

    The Northern Star