《A Keepsake》歌词

[00:00:00] A Keepsake - Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)

[00:00:02] When I was eight or nine

[00:00:06] I took a trip up north with my brother my father

[00:00:19] And my uncle

[00:00:26] We woke up early and packed bagged lunches

[00:00:39] And cans of pop into a cooler

[00:00:45] And drove to a canoe rental in Mesick

[00:00:55] We split up in two canoes

[00:01:02] I imagined us as Lewis and Clark

[00:01:08] Charting acres of unspoiled land

[00:01:14] As the Manistee opened up like a canvas

[00:01:20] We crawled at a slow lazy pace

[00:01:25] And reached the landing as the sun began to slide

[00:01:31] Behind the horizon

[00:01:35] And pulled our boats ashore

[00:01:40] It was still warm and we were exhausted

[00:01:44] So we jumped into the water to cool off

[00:01:51] As my uncle launched into a speech

[00:01:58] About the history of the Petoskey stone

[00:02:08] And how rare it would be to find any here

[00:02:13] Then he reached into the river bed

[00:02:18] And pulled one out on his very first try

[00:02:24] We spent the rest of our time trying to find another one

[00:02:33] But came up empty handed