The winter's come to stay,
And with every shortened day
They call us to the site;
In the evening when all the work is done
Comes the cursed, lonely night;
That's when it really hits me..

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Our lives so far apart,
As we agreed right from the start;
The pay was on our mind;
And Alaska it might as well be Mars;
Yet, I know our hearts are aligned,
So HOW CAN I HELP BUT LOVE YOU? 

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It seems in the scheme of things,
Taking the long view,
We reckoned we'd be so strong;
But in Alaska the nights are real lonely
And the winter's endlessly long.

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So how it looks to me,
As empty as our home might be,
We can hold out till the spring;
Then I'll be there to spend the summer's end;
When Alaska calls to us again
You let me do what we need to do
So HOW CAN I HELP BUT LOVE YOU?