I was doing some errands last weekend and I heard the late John Denver's classic song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and I wanted to write a song about my home state, Minnesota, in the winter. So......I did.

Hope you all enjoy it!

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Gray light spills through winter’s haze,

Frosted wires hum my name,

Every mile’s a ghost in praise,

Every echo sounds the same.

The skyline drowns in amber rain,

Static snow beneath my breath,

I see your face through windowpane,

A warmth I can’t forget.

Drift me home, Minnesota,

Through the haze, the white, the coma,

Where the frozen heart beats slower—

Drift me home, drift me home,

Minnesota, pull me lower.

I feel the cold collapse the sound,

The air turns thick and gray,

Falling leaves on frozen ground,

Dissolve and drift away.

A thousand lakes reflect the gloom,

The shimmer breaks and fades,

The sun dies soft in pale perfume,

A dream the cold remakes.

Drift me home, Minnesota,

Drown me in your dim Aurora,

Every wave a soft enclosure—

Drift me home, drift me home,

Minnesota, take me over.

I am the fog, I am the thaw,

The silence underneath the flaw,

The hum that pulls the night apart,

The ice that beats inside my heart.

Drift me home, Minnesota,

Where the cold becomes my closure,

Let the static sing it slower—

Drift me home, drift me home,

Minnesota, pull me under.

Light breaks through the snowblind air,

I find your voice still lingering there,

Drift me home, drift me home,

Minnesota—

Everywhere.