Alaska in your eyes

I know this country from before
I've been knocking on these doors
I know the women living here
they gave me love and hate and fear
they walked me through the summerfields
gauging the harvest they would yield
and overnight my hair turned white
like the Alaska in your eyes

     only makes me wonder why
     no one's ever tried defrosting
     the Alaska in your eyes

shy as a sheep I crept around
discarding everything I found
'till I came upon your picture
made me feel how much I'd missed you
and all I want to do is sleep
forget the hills that were too steep
where overnight my hair turned white
like the Alaska in your eyes


        refr.

                    but don't worry 'bout me
                    I will worry 'bout me
                    always barking up the wrong tree


1989. Track 6 van Ludo Mariman's CD Milk and Spices, 1995 (CNR Music)