In a word it's home it's everyone we know
Yeah I'll miss the northern skies
Hop on a southbound bus
Spanish moss on the trees
It can't beat our northern skies
I'd trade the warmth trade the shade
Trade the southern comfort
Trade it all for northern skies
It's the art, it's the fight, it's liberality
There's hope in northern skies
Oh it's hard to leave home behind
We'll miss the northern skies
And it's hard work, but we'll grow in time
Oh we're leaving northern skies
Out there the air is cold and damp
Moss grows on the trees
Under north and western skies
But with the new and different
Open minds breathe in deep
Under north and western skies
Oh it's hard to leave home behind
We'll miss the northern skies
And it's hard work, but we'll grow in time
Oh we're leaving northern skies