The Wild Northern Wood
(aka Denny's Song)

Oh, the pines are ablaze in the soft autumn haze
As the trees shed their summer apparel
While the snowshoe's in search of his white winter coat
Summer birds take to the wing

Chorus
And there's no place on earth I'd rather be
There's no sound I'd rather hear
Than the cry of the loon and the laughter of friends
That beckon me to the wild northern wood

Though it's night in the very early hours of a winter's eve
The stars sing their songs ever brighter
The Norther will breathe an icy freeze on the trees
That the winter sun refuses to flame

But you know hearts will lighten as the snow disappears
And the brown turns to green, life's renewal
Heralds of the morn perch again about the lake
To cheer the sharp-eyed osprey's steep plunge

Chorus

But I can't spend my life all alone far removed
From the cries in the streets and the pain
So the summer will be the magic moments for me
And the weeks spent up here last the year

Chorus

Yet the beauties of nature encountered up here
Are but a glimpse of God's eternal glory
When with wonder we gaze upon a sunset-mirrored lake
We reflect upon what one day will be

When there's no other place we'd rather be
There's no sight we'd rather see
Than the smile of the Father as He welcomes us home
To live with Him on high for eternity
We'll live with Him on high for eternity