It’s a long and tortuous path up to Dawson
The Yukon’s awaitin’ over the Chilkoot Pass
And I can hear that Klondike gold a-callin’
But I just call it reachin’ for the past
(chorus)
An insurrection in my heart
Keeps me runnin’ on and on
An insurrection keeps me on
The long, long road to my home.
It’s a kind and virtuous woman I’m leavin’
The young child’s growin’, another in two months time
And I know that she married me for lovin’
But I just wanted something new to try
(chorus)
It’s a harsh and perilous life that I’m livin’
A lean-to shelter, the cold mud for my bed
And I spent all my color just for whiskey
And the turnin’ of a thievin’ harlot’s head
Oh doesn’t time pass slowly
Until you realize it’s gone
Maybe we won’t feel so holy
Once the years pass along
(chorus)
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Kevin Brixius Lead and background vocal, acoustic guitar, sheep nails
Jamie Farnum: Background vocal, sheep nails
Theresa Horan: Background vocal
Ben Durrant: Mandolin, lap steel guitar
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