Richmond Fontaine - Cascade lyrics

He inherited $1400 from his mother who lived in a house In a town, in the Cascades He hadn't seen her in 5 years His step-brother drove him up there along with his Step-brother's friend who he didn't know To get the money, and some of her things, To see where she had lived, maybe who she was By seeing who she was with at the time Oh the Cascades The Cascades Where the rivers are like moving lakes Oh the Cascades Where it's dark and wet and You can disappear without a trace On the way back he bought his girlfriend a camera He bought his Dad a knife, Them dinner and a case of beer In the back he waited in the car while they say for hours in a bar Because he was underage Then in the mountains they pulled off on a forest service road And they dragged him from the car They all the money, his ID bracelet, and all of her things And left him there with $1400 Oh the Cascades Where the rivers are like moving lakes Where it's always dark and wet with rain And you can disappear without a trace