Two-lane highway, a summer night, moon in the sky full of silver light
Looking for songs on WDMJ, thats how long Ive been away
No one here for miles around, just the headlights, the car and the crickets sound
(Been) too long since Ive been on this road, (had to) get out of city mode

I left my girl for this tiny town, the deep green forest and the lake all  around
The bluest water that you ever saw, Somewhere North of the Mackinac
North of the Mackinac

Its clean and quiet and the air is clear, but loneliness is starting to set in here
(There was) so much I missed from before, come to find out it aint here no more
Im not the kid that I used to be, you cant go home is what theyre telling me 
Then I thought of her, and my heart broke, my eyes are ash, my lungs are smoke

Im missing her and the way it was, I miss our high, I miss our buzz
A lonely fool in the land of the Chippewa, Somewhere North of the Mackinac
North of the Mackinac

M8 Its cold and brittle, the grass is brown, the trees are bare, the leaves are down
Autumns over, the snow comes soon, the fire's gone out in my living room
The school, the church, the grocery store, none of them are where they were before
Its hauntingly familiar, but not the same, no one left here recalls my name

I pick up the phone, I tried to call, but  she changed her number, she ain't there at all 
You can't burn a bridge much more than that, done and over, thats where were at
I think of going back out west, return to my previous address
But now my hearts neither here nor there, I dont belong anywhere
 
My heart still belongs to this tiny town, the deep green forest and the lake all around
A woodland footprint of a black bears paw, somewhere north of the Mackinac

In the dark of night, in the deepest wood, the waters clean and the air smells good
(But) loneliness like you never saw, somewhere north of the Mackinac
North of the Mackinac

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