I hung pictures of you from every lamp post in town As the humidity climbed into numbers I don't care to repeat The air was heavy and the sky was alive And the Pacific Starlight train wasn't due in till 11:45
I thought about how cold you must be I thought about things I thought that I'd soon be forgetting I thought of you up in Canada as the lightning storm lit up All downtown Redding
There were teenagers in mini-trucks coming around every corner You can taste the adrenaline, coming out through their skin I came to the well-lit doorway of a sheet music store Saw my face in the glass. Sat down in the doorway and I settled in
I thought about how cold you must be I thought about things I thought that I'd soon be forgetting I thought of you up in Canada as the lightning storm lit up All downtown Redding