[Intro] [wide open, sparse acoustic] [Verse 1] Never, never did we picture ourselves At the airport at 5 am Brand new hip and a Someday List And a hunger that won't end The call is not a whisper It's like a drum pounding in our hearts Alaska pulls and Alaska holds And it never lets you go [Chorus] The Last Frontier is calling us home Glaciers calve and eagles fly Denali wearing her crown of sky We look in each other's eyes With the understanding that only we know We are here We did it We are thankful [Verse 2] Kelly's dad was a gold miner here In rough and tough Fairbanks Alaska wasn't even a state yet then Who can say that about their dad He wishes he'd asked more questions Of those years now gone So we walk where Don once walked this ground And carry him along [Pre-Chorus] Only thirty percent ever see Denali through the clouds I cried [Chorus] [Bridge] [tender, then builds] It did not get dark last night At all Not even close I sat in my jammies on the deck Conducting science Soaking up the most [Spoken] I am available for research projects throughout the world Expenses must be included And a jammies budget [Sung] Big Daddy keep on talking Keep the bears away from me Stop telling me those stories about people getting eaten Tell me something peacefully! I don't care for fish, I never have But bring on the halibut, bring on the crab I'm a work in progress and adaptable The Alaskan salmon is remarkable [Chorus] [Outro] [acoustic, slow] [Spoken] Sometimes you dream about things for so long you wonder if your dream will ever be realized That's how it has been for us viewing orcas in the wild [Sung] We're leaving excited and fulfilled Yet hungry for more Hungry for more Hungry, hungry for more
