Postcard From Paris

Goin up to Alaska Up to the land of the midnight sun Where the whale and the polar bear run Oer the icy blue sea Goin up to Alaska Up to the north and the pioneer life Where courage and strength still survive And a man can be free American Child, does the call of the wild Ever sing through the mist of your dreams Does it fly with the wind when you waken again When its gone do you know what it means Can you picture the time when a man had to find His own way through the cold To come back again to all that youve been Cant you see that its time to come home To the flowers and seas and the rivers and the trees And the earth whos the mother of all A promise once made - will it shine, will it fade Will we rise with the vision or fall Goin up to Alaska Up to the land of the midnight sun Where the whale and the polar bear run Oer the icy blue sea Goin up to Alaska Up to the north and the pioneer life Where courage and strength still survive And a man can be free Men can be free Goin up to Alaska Goin up to Alaska Goin up to Alaska --- Postcard from Paris - John Denver