Arlette - Alberta Sunshine lyrics

Woke up one morning Decided she was gone She looked around her empty room Welfare took her son The city was hard and bitter So much like her heart She'd move to saskatchewan Make a brand new start First she'd have that last beer She hid beside the bed Memory of her children gone It made her wish that she was dead The beer went down so smoothly Though it was flat and warm She knew she'd need another one To keep herself in form Struggled to her liquor store She'd make it through the day She begged for 20 minutes or more Many said go away Her clothes were old and dirty But she still felt young inside She remembered her long gone childhood The pony she used to ride Remembered sage and sweetgra** Smudging kokhum's shack She'd remembered summer's beautiful smile Would she ever get her back And miles and years did their duty On her life and on her face, but The alcohol and the h**n Could not steal her grace The alcohol and the h**n Could not steal her grace I went the other day to visit a friend A few miles up the road She was a kid you'd always defend She'd help you carry your load As I pa**ed the trees to the graveyard Where I knew she was waiting for me You see, the alcohol and the h**n never set her free The alcohol and the h**n could not set her free She came home to the reserve that day She's living in this song Memories of the vancouver breeze were waitin' all along She never escaped the harsh mean streets But she finally did come home You see, the alcohol and the h**n claimed another soul The alcohol and the h**n claimed alberta's soul Alberta sunshine woke up one morning Decided she was gone