In Edmonton freedom looks like too many choices
In Edmonton I found a friend to drown out the other voices
Voices on the cell phone
Voices from home
Voices of the hard schizophreniform hell
Voices down the oil well
In Edmonton, just got a place in Edmonton

In Edmonton winters get cold, well into the negative 20s
You can't walk around the block without a winter parka
Cold as a snowball in your face
Cold as ice frost and a can of mace
In Edmonton, I just got a place in Edmonton
Edmonton, Edmonton

In Edmonton you can shiver, forget how to sit still
Tell yourself you will stay in
But it's down the 16 to the Alps in Jasper ville

Edmonton, Edmonton, Edmonton

The Germans have been coming here for years
But they don't claim to own the place
Got the airport, city hall, concrete, asphalt, even got the police
Irish, Italian, Chinese, Jews and Hispanics
Religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew,
Living happily not like me and you
That's where I lost you... Edmonton 

Edmonton, Edmonton

In Edmonton I lost it all to you and your voices
Still I'm staying in to figure out my mid life crisis
I hit an iceberg in my life
But you know I'm still afloat
You lose your balance, lose your wife
In the queue for the oil jobs

You got to put the women and children first
But you've got an unquenchable thirst for the River Valleys of Edmonton

Edmonton, Edmonton

In the chillness of the evening
When the Alberta sun has had its day
I heard your voice a-whispering
Come away child

Edmonton, Edmonton